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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]

Wedgwood, Josiah [to] Monsieur de Lavoisier, Etruria, August 18, 1791

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 39
Scope and Contents Physical Description: 3 leaves; 27 cm;holograph signed (photograph) original in the Archives nationales. Summary: Sends details on refractory materials he has tested. Letter begins: "Sir! / On my return to my manufactory / here I made some essays…"Bibliographic Reference: Royal Society, Notes and Records, 1949, v.7, p. 16-17,...
Dates: August 18, 1791
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series I. Correspondence to or from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier / [subseries]

Spallanzani, Lazzaro [to] Monsieur de Lavoisier, Pavia nel Milanese, September 1, 1791

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 40a
Scope and Contents Physical Description: 4 leaves; 24 cm;holograph signed (photograph) original in the Archives nationales. Summary: Thanks Lavoisier for the Elémens de Chymie forwarded by Landriani, and speculates on the origin of air pockets found in lava flows. Letter begins: "Illmo. E Celebratissmo. Sigre. / Sono più di due mesi, che il Sigre. Cavalre. Landriani di...
Dates: September 1, 1791
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series I. Correspondence to or from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier / [subseries]

Spallanzani, Lazzaro [to] Monsieur de Lavoisier, Pavia nel Milanese, September 1, 1791

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 40b
Scope and Contents Physical Description: 3 leaves, 24 cm;Ms. (photograph, transcript, handwritten). Summary: Thanks Lavoisier for the Elémens de Chymie forwarded by Landriani, and speculates on the origin of air pockets found in lava flows. "Très illustre et très célèbre Monsieur, / Il y a plus de deux mois que Mr. le Chavalier Landriani de Milan…" Letter begins: "Très illustre...
Dates: September 1, 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, ... [et al.] [to] Mss. Du Directoire du Département de Paris, October 27, 1791

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 41
Scope and Contents Physical Description: 2 leaves; 32 cm;Ms. signed. Summary: Informs them of sums made available to reimburse creditors of suppressed ecclesiastic establishments. "Nous avons l'honneur, Messieurs de vous prévenir que vous pouvez faire recevoir à / la Trésorie Nle. …" Letter begins: "Nous avons l'honneur, Messieurs de vous prévenir que vous pouvez faire recevoir...
Dates: October 27, 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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