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Correspondence: Marconi, Guglielmo. Letters to Josephine Bowen Holman
Marconi, Guglielmo, 1874-1937. Letter to Josephine Bowen Holman

Manuscripts

Marconi, Guglielmo, 1874-1937. Letter to Josephine Bowen Holman

Description: Discusses their previously secret engagement, Marconi's doubts about it and agrees Holman can tell her mother.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1900, November 8
Call number: mssMarconic
Creator: Marconi, Guglielmo (1874-1937)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Hon. Peter Smith, August 2005.
Associated people: Holman, Beatrice Bowen.; Marconi, Annie Jameson.; Vyvyan, R. Norman.

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