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Reference numberHS/6/439
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Sophia E. De Morgan to Margaret Brodie Herschel, dated at 6 Merton Road
CreatorDe Morgan; Sophia Elizabeth (1809-1892); née Frend; author; activist; spiritualist; wife to Augustus De Morgan
Date19 September 1871
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Sending 35 letters, has 20 more that she will send later if she would like to see them. Wishes she had the photographs of insects. Thinks an appendix of all the riddles would be amusing.
LanguageEnglish
Extent3pp
FormatManuscript
Place origin6 Merton Road, London
Origin coordinates51.44889, 0.19417
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Access statusOpen
URL descriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel7258
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