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Autograph letter signed by sender. Was just leaving home when her note arrived. If the letters have not been already dispatched send them in a few weeks' time.

Reference number
HS/6/438
Earliest possible date
19 August 1871
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Sophia Elizabeth De Morgan

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Sophia Elizabeth De Morgan, Letter, from Sophia E. De Morgan to Margaret Brodie Herschel, dated at Whitby, 19 August 1871, HS/6/438, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_438/letter-from-sophia-e-de-morgan-to-margaret-brodie-herschel-dated-at-whitby, accessed on 01 December 2024

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