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Reference numberMC/10/464
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Emily Beke, 1 Ferndale View, Woodbury Park, Tunbridge Wells, to [Joseph Dalton Hooker], President of the Royal Society and to the Council
Date27 November 1876
DescriptionRequesting monetary aid to support her as the widow of geographer Dr Charles Beke. She reports of her own weak state of health and poverty, as well as her wish to be assisted in the posthumous publication of her late husband's works on Africa.

[The letter covers two papers, the second of which is labelled MC/10/464a within the volume.]
Extent7p
FormatManuscript
Access statusOpen
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