Box 1
Contains 48 Results:
Baudon, Anne Margueritte Charlotte, comtesse de Ligniville (née comtesse de Ligniuille) [to] Monsieur de Lavoisier, Baguelet, October 25, 1785
Physical Description: 2 leaves; 20 cm; holograph signed. Seal attached. Summary: Dissatisfied with Lavoisier's reply, she restates her inquiry of October 21. Letter begins: "en remarquant dans votre lettre Monsieur / votre adeur a m'obligé.."
Baudon, Anne Margueritte Charlotte, comtesse de Ligniville (née comtesse de Ligniuille) [to] Monsieur de Lavoisier, Paris, October 27, 1785
Physical Description: 2 leaves; 22 cm; holograph signed. Seal attached. Summary: Discusses legal procedures involved in the proposed transfer of money to her son. Letter begins: "Monsieur, l'objet de ma demande était le / désir..."
Duclombier, ____. [to] Monsieur de Lavoisier, Paris, December 15, 1785
Physical Description: 2 leaves; 22 cm; holograph signed. Seal attached. Summary: Requests, on behalf of M. Chastenet, that Lavoisier send to M. Tocquiny a procuration for the money Lavoisier owes him. Letter begins: "Monsieur / M. Chastenet qui arrive […] De la Campagne…"
Lavoisier, Antioine Laurent [to] Mlle. Begon, Vendôme, January 11, 1786
Physical Description: 2 leaves; 24 cm;holograph signed. Summary: Sends 1,407 livres for salt storage at Vendôme. Letter begins: "Mademoiselle / Je vous demande bien pardon d'avoir tardé / aussi longtemps…"
Chastenet, ____, procureur au parlement. [to] Monsieur de Lavoisier, Chastenet, September 10, 1786
Physical Description: 2 leaves; 22 cm; holograph signed. Summary: Pertains to the final steps of the business deal with M. Tocquiny and to legal matters concerning the ownership of Mlle. Punctis' house. Letter begins: "Monsieur/ j'ai eu l'honneur d'aller chez vous ce matin…"
Le Coutelx de la Noraye, Madame. [to] Monsieur de Lavoisier, June 14, 1787
Lavoisier, Antioine Laurent [to] Mde. Le Coulteux de l'anoraye, Paris, June 24, 1787
Physical Description: 1 leaf; 26 cm;holograph. Accompanied by an attached letter, dates 14 June 1787, from Madame Lecouteulx de La NorayeSummary: Draft answering her letter concerning the appointments of both Du Vivier and his cousin Auboineau, to the Régie des poudres. Letter begins: "Madame. / Il ne m'a pas été possible de / répondre plus tôt…"
Lavoisier, Antioine Laurent; le Faucheux, Desannois [to] Monseigneur le comte de Brienne, April 26, 1788
Physical Description: 2 leaves; 32 cm;Ms. signed.Summary: Requests that the road leading from La Rochelle to a neighboring saltpeter factory be preserved, and discusses administrative matters related to saltpeter. Marginal notes in different hand on p. [1]. Letter begins: "Monseigneur. / Permettez nous de Vous rappeller la lettre..."
Hain de Villeneuve, ____. [to] Monsieur de Lavoisier, Paris, April 30, 1788
Physical Description: 2 leaves; 24 cm;holograph signed. Seal attached. Summary: Proposes to make an appointment with Lavoisier, who is to pay what he owes Count d'Issoncourt. Draft of Lavoisier's response, dated 2 May, added on p. [1]. Letter begins: "Monsieur / Je viens de recevoir une lettre et une procuration…"
Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent [to] Monsieur de La Roche, June 22, 1788
Physical Description: 1 leaf; 22 cm; holograph. Summary: Draft asking M. de La Roche to inform Lavoisier when the inspector general plans to visit the Arsenal. Letter begins: "Monsieur le controlleur general doit…"