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Letter, from Sophia E. De Morgan to Margaret Brodie Herschel, dated at 6 Merton Road

Reference number: HS/6/440

Date: 28 September 1871

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has received the packet of letters and has chosen 28 of them. Quite understands that some of the more personal ones should not be included in the memoir. Her strength does not seem equal to the task. Hopes to show the true events connected with University College. Budget of Paradoxes is ready for the press.

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HS/6/440
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28 September 1871
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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Sophia Elizabeth De Morgan

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Sophia Elizabeth De Morgan, Letter, from Sophia E. De Morgan to Margaret Brodie Herschel, dated at 6 Merton Road, 28 September 1871, HS/6/440, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_440/letter-from-sophia-e-de-morgan-to-margaret-brodie-herschel-dated-at-6-merton-road, accessed on 18 July 2025

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