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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]

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]

Baudon, Anne Margueritte Charlotte, comtesse de Ligniville (née comtesse de Ligniuille) [to] Monsieur de Lavoisier, Paris, May 15, 1773

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
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Physical Description: 2 leaves; 20 cm; holograph signed, seal attachedSummary: Thanks Lavoisier for the honesty of his dealings, and asks for a monetary advance. Letter begins: "on n'oblige pas avec plus de grace Monsieur / mon projet était de vous remercié moy même..."

Dates: May 15, 1773
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series I. Correspondence to or from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier / 1766-1786

Lavoisier, Antioine Laurent [to] Mess. De l'Académie des curieux de la nature, Paris, January 19, 1774

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents Physical Description: 1 leaf; 32 cm;holograph signed. Seal attached. Summary: Covering letter sent with gift of Opuscules physiques et chymiques (1774). Cf. Correspondance, II, no. 215, 216. Letter begins: "Messieurs. / Permettes moi de vous offrir le premier / volume…"Bibliographic Reference: Cf. Correspondance, II, no. 215,...
Dates: January 19, 1774
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series I. Correspondence to or from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier / 1766-1786

Baudon, Anne Margueritte Charlotte, comtesse de Ligniville (née comtesse de Ligniuille) [to] Monsieur de Lavoisier, Paris, January 28, 1774

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Physical Description: 2 leaves; 20 cm; holograph signed. Seal attachedSummary: Asks for a loan of 150 louis. Letter begins: "personne n'oblige avec autant de grace que vous / Monsieur je n'oublirais jamais avec quelle promtitude..."

Dates: January 28, 1774
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series I. Correspondence to or from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier / 1766-1786

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]

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