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Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent [to] Monsieur de La Roche, June 22, 1788

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents

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…"

Dates: June 22, 1788
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series I. Correspondence to or from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier / [subseries]

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]

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