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Tarbé, ____. [to] Monsieur de Lavoisier, Paris, October 23, 1788

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents

Physical Description: 2 leaves; 20 cm; holograph signed. Summary: Forwards a copy of instructions [Lavoisier MSS. 6.03a] sent to the provincial assemblies for the convocations of the departmental divisions. Letter begins: "J'ai l'honneur Monsieur de vous envoyer une copie du / Canevas d'Instruction…"

Dates: October 23, 1788
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 an unnamed uncle of M. Le Maître], Paris, November 1, 1788

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents

Physical Description: 1 leaf; 18 cm;holograph signed. Summary: Lavoisier says he will support Le Maître's advancement in the Régie des poudres. Letter begins: "Je ne doute pas, Monsieur, qu'avec les / dispositions et la bonne volonté qu'apporte M. / Le Maître…"

Dates: November 1, 1788
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] M. de La Forte, La Rochelle, Paris, February 6, 1789

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents

Physical Description: 1 leaf; 26 cm;Ms. signed. Also signed by Faucheux, Clouet and Desannois. Summary: They return a bill, unpaid for reasons explained. Letter begins: "Nous vous renvoyons, Monsieur, un effet de…"

Dates: February 6, 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, February 17, 1789

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents Physical Description: 1 leaf; 25 cm;Ms. signed. Also signed by Faucheux, Desannois, Clouet. Summary: Acknowledges earnings made at the Régie in January, and discusses the replacement of gunpowder which La Forte borrowed from the artillery. Letter begins: "Nous avons reçu, Monsieur, la lettre que vous / nous avez fait l'honneur de nous écrire le 3 de ce...
Dates: February 17, 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, July 14, 1789

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents

Physical Description: 1 leaf; 25 cm;Ms. signed. Also signed by Faucheux, Clouet and Desannois.Summary: Response to de La Forte's account of money earned by the Régie des poudres in June. Letter begins: "Nous avons reçu, Monsieur, la lettre que vous / nous avez fait l'honneur de nous écrire le 3…"

Dates: July 14, 1789
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series I. Correspondence to or from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier / [subseries]

La Roche, ____, de. [to] Monsieur de Lavoisier, Paris, September 29, 1789

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 29a
Scope and Contents Physical Description: 1 leaf; 20 cm; holograph signed. Summary: Forwards a letter of Mr. Janvin, and asks for consideration of Janvin's request that he receive a new comission for the sale of saltpeter. Note in Lavoisier's hand at top of p. [1]: "Poudres et Salpetres R. le 23 8bre. Negativement." Note and intials in third hand at top left corner of p. [1]. "J'ai l'honneur Monsieur, de vous / faire passer une lettre...
Dates: September 29, 1789
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series I. Correspondence to or from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier / [subseries]

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]

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