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Janvin, ____, fils. [to an unnamed person], Melun, September 28, 1789

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 29b
Scope and Contents

Physical Description: 2 leaves; 22 cm; holograph signed. Summary: As a saltpeter vendor at Melun, he requests that the commission of his father be transferred to his name. Letter begins: "Monsieur / Connaissant toutes vos bontées pour moi / Je prends la liberté de vous interompre..."

Dates: September 28, 1789
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series I. Correspondence to or from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier / [subseries]

Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, ... [et al.] [to] M. de La Forte, La Rochelle, Paris, October 11, 1789

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents

Physical Description: 1 leaf; 25 cm;Ms. signed. Also signed by Faucheux, Clouet and Desannois.Summary: They acknowledge de La Forte's account of July's shipment, and the earnings of the Régie des poudres in September. Letter begins: "Nous avons reçu, Monsieur, la lettre que / Vous nous avez fait l'honneur de nous é crire le / 2 de ce mois…"

Dates: October 11, 1789
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series I. Correspondence to or from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier / [subseries]

Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, ... [et al.] [to] M. de La Forte, La Rochelle, Paris, October 16, 1789

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents Physical Description: 1 leaf; 25 cm;Ms. signed. Also signed by Faucheux, Desannois, and Clouet.Summary: They acknowledge receipt of 3 "effets", and state that the potassium La Forte received should last 6 months. "Nous avons reçu, Monsieur, la lettre que vous nous/ avez fait l'honneur de nous écrire le 6 de ce mois /" Letter begins: "Nous avons reçu,...
Dates: October 16, 1789
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series I. Correspondence to or from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier / [subseries]

Black, Joseph [to] Monsieur de Lavoisier, Edinburgh, October 24, 1790

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents Physical Description: 4 leaves; 27 cm;holograph signed (photograph) original in the Archives nationales. Summary: Black conveys the readiness with which the younger chemists adopt the new doctrine and the subsiding of his own aversion to the new nomenclature. "I am much obliged to you my dear sir for makeing me acquainted with your friend M. Terray…" Letter begins: ...
Dates: October 24, 1790
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series I. Correspondence to or from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier / [subseries]

Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent [to] Monsieur Parisis fils, Villers-Cotterêtes, Paris, November 9, 1790

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents

Physical Description: 2 leaves; 24 cm;holograph signed. Seal attached. Summary: Discusses the management of Lavoisier's properties at Villers-Cotterêts. Letter begins: "Au moment ou M. Sivé notaire à / haute-fontaine, …"

Dates: November 9, 1790
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series I. Correspondence to or from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier / [subseries]

Black, Joseph [to] Monsieur de Lavoisier, Edinburgh, December 28, 1790

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 34
Scope and Contents Physical Description: 2 leaves; 27 cm;holograph signed (photograph) original in the Archives nationales. Summary: Grants consent for Lavoisier to publish his letter [Lavoisier MSS. 1.32], supporting the new system of chemistry. Letter begins: "Dear sir / Mr. Gahagan who is just returned to this place…"Bibliographic Reference:...
Dates: December 28, 1790
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series I. Correspondence to or from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier / [subseries]

Kerr, Robert [to] Monsieur de Lavoisier, Edinburgh, January 21, 1791

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 35
Scope and Contents Physical Description: 3 leaves; 27 cm;holograph signed (photograph) original in the Archives nationales. Summary: Discusses the second edition of Kerr's translation of Lavoisier's Eléments de Chymie. Letter begins: "Sir / Soon after the publication of your Eléments de / Chymie I had the good fortune…"Bibliographic Reference:...
Dates: January 21, 1791
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series I. Correspondence to or from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier / [subseries]

Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent [to] Monsieur Parisis fils, Villers-Cotterêtes, Paris, July 22, 1791

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 36
Scope and Contents

Physical Description: 2 leaves; 22 cm; holograph signed. Seal attached. Summary: Discusses the management of Lavoisier's properties at Soisson, Crepy and surroundings. Note in different hand on p. [4]. Letter begins: "Il y a apparence, Monsieur, et cher parent, que les/ obligations…"

Dates: July 22, 1791
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series I. Correspondence to or from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier / [subseries]

Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent [to] Monsieur Dupont / Lavoisier [and] Condorcet, Paris., July 28, 1791

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 37
Scope and Contents

Physical Description: 1 leaf; 26 cm;Ms. signed (photograph), original in the Eleutherian Mills Historical Library. Summary: Requests 500 copies of two letters by Milord Stanhope. Letter begins: "Les Commissaires de la Trésorerie Nationale…"

Dates: July 28, 1791
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series I. Correspondence to or from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier / [subseries]

Wedgwood, Josiah [to] Monsieur de Lavoisier, Weymouth, August 7, 1791

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 38
Scope and Contents

Physical Description: 2 leaves; 27 cm;holograph signed (photograph) original in the Archives nationales. Summary: Agrees to carry out Lavoisier's wishes. Letter begins: "Sir! / Your obliging letter has found / me at this place…"Bibliographic Reference: Royal Society, Notes and Records, 1949, v.7, p.14-15

Dates: August 7, 1791
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series I. Correspondence to or from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier / [subseries]

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