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Contains 47 Results:

Blagden, Sir Charles [to] Mr. de Luc, Pimlico, June 16, 1784

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Physical Description: 2 leaves; 24 cm; holograph signed.Summary: Informs de Luc of the publication of a letter from Mr. Watt which will be printed in the Transactions of the Royal Society. Letter begins: "Dear Sir, / In answer to your queries. / 1. Mr. Watt has sent me the historical note…"

Dates: June 16, 1784
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series III. Correspondence to or from Lavoisier's other relatives or associates / Blagden, Sir Charles

Blagden, Sir Charles [to] Berthollet, May 1817

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents Physical Description: 1 leaf; 19 cm; holograph. Summary: Draft of a letter forwarding the "cahier" of Thomson's Annals and discussing both Blagden and Biot's trip to France and the latter's trip to Edinburgh. Note in different hand on verso reading "Sr. Charles Blagden / Sr. Joseph Banks / Soho Square" "Le 1r de ce mois, mon cher ami, j'ai remis chez Mr / [...] franville le cahier des Annales de...
Dates: May 1817
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series III. Correspondence to or from Lavoisier's other relatives or associates / Blagden, Sir Charles

Blagden, Sir Charles [to] Berthollet, June 13, 1817

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Physical Description: 1 leaf; 23 cm; holograph signed. Seal attached.Summary: Draft in which he announces an issue of Thomson's journal, and mentions activities of Biot, Laplace, Berzelius and others. Letter begins: "Je vous avois […] mon cher ami, par la poste quelques jours avant / l'arrivée de…"

Dates: June 13, 1817
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series III. Correspondence to or from Lavoisier's other relatives or associates / Blagden, Sir Charles

Brongniart, Alexandre [to] Monsieur Desnoyers, Paris, April 12, 1846

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Physical Description: 2 leaves; 23 cm; holograph signed. Accompanied by envolope with seal. Summary: Regrets having not been able to give Desnoyers printed information about the history of the Bulletin des Sciences, and arranges for a future meeting. Letter begins: "Mon cher confrere, j'ai été hier a la Société / philomatique…"

Dates: April 12, 1846
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series III. Correspondence to or from Lavoisier's other relatives or associates / Brongniart, Alexandre

Calonne, Charles Alexandre de [to] M. de La Millière, June 5, 1786

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents Physical Description: 1 leaf; 20 cm; manuscriptSummary: Draft of a letter forwarding the government's order for the nomination of commissioners to examine proposals regarding the rivers Yvette and Bièvre, and suggesting candidates. Corrections in Calonne's (?) hand.examiner les plans /" Letter begins: "J'ai l'honneur de vous envoyer, Monsieur, l'arrêt du Conseil /...
Dates: June 5, 1786
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series III. Correspondence to or from Lavoisier's other relatives or associates / Calonne, Charles Alexandre de

Chaptal de Chanteloup, Jean Antoine Claude, comte [to] Monsieur Chaptal fils, Les Martigues, September 13, 1810

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Physical Description: 2 leaves; 25 cm; holograph signed.Summary: Describes the state of his sheep and property, and his experiments with steam boilers at Les Thernes. Letter begins: "j'ai eté enchanté, mon bon ami, / de trouber une de tes lettres à mon / retour de la campagne…"

Dates: September 13, 1810
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series III. Correspondence to or from Lavoisier's other relatives or associates / Chaptal de Chanteloup, Jean Antoine Claude, comte

Chaptal de Chanteloup, Jean Antoine Claude, comte [to] Monsieur Chaptal fils, Les Martigues, November 10, 1810

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

Physical Description: 2 leaves; 25 cm; holograph signed.Summary: Describes ways of smuggling salt and his experiments with combustion and nitric gas at Les Thernes. Letter begins: "j'ai attendu vainement pendant 15 jours / une réponse a ma lettre de fontainebleau..."

Dates: November 10, 1810
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series III. Correspondence to or from Lavoisier's other relatives or associates / Chaptal de Chanteloup, Jean Antoine Claude, comte

Chaptal de Chanteloup, Jean Antoine Claude, comte [to] Monsieur Chaptal fils, May 21, 1812

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

Physical Description: 2 leaves; 23 cm; holograph signed.Summary: Discusses his contributions in relief of the job shortage in Amboise and his substitution of the sugar beet crops for Merinos breeding. Letter begins: "j'attendois detes nouvelles avec impatien/ce / , mon cher ami…"

Dates: May 21, 1812
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series III. Correspondence to or from Lavoisier's other relatives or associates / Chaptal de Chanteloup, Jean Antoine Claude, comte

Chaptal de Chanteloup, Jean Antoine Claude, comte [to] Monsieur Chaptal fils, Paris, May 25, 1813

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Physical Description: 2 leaves; 24 cm; holograph signed.Summary: Gives an account of his experiments with distillation and fermentation. Letter begins: "mon cher ami, j'ai reçu ta Seconde / lettre dans laquelle je vois que…"

Dates: May 25, 1813
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series III. Correspondence to or from Lavoisier's other relatives or associates / Chaptal de Chanteloup, Jean Antoine Claude, comte

Chaptal de Chanteloup, Jean Antoine Claude, comte [to] Monsieur Chaptal fils, Chanteloup, May 29, 1817

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

Physical Description: 2 leaves; 20 cm. Holograph.Summary: Incomplete letter discussing a shipment of white and brown sugar, problems with the crystallization of his sugar, the affair with La Nouvelle, and a purchase of coal. Letter begins: "mon cher ami, les beliers de mr / Weyer Sont partis ce matin…"

Dates: May 29, 1817
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series III. Correspondence to or from Lavoisier's other relatives or associates / Chaptal de Chanteloup, Jean Antoine Claude, comte

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