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[to] Madame Lavoisier, Orléans to Paris, September 11, 1792

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents

Physical Description: 4 leaves; 24 cm; holograph (photograph), original in the Archives nationales. Summary: Describes the revolutionary turmoils, particularly in Orléans. Letter begins: "je n'ai point reçu par le courier du jour Mabonne / amie, les livres que vous m'annoncez…"

Dates: September 11, 1792
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series II. Correspondence to or from Marie-Anne Lavoisier

Lavoisier, Marie Anne Pierrette (Paulze) [to] les Citoyens administrateurs du Département de Paris, 1795

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents

Physical Description: 2 leaves; 27 cm; holograph signed. Summary: Requests a statement of her late husband's debts. Marginal notes in different hands, with signature and dates on p. [1]. Letter begins: "La citoyenne Veuve Lavoisier / Aux citoyens administrateurs Du Département / De Paris / Demande à être autorisée à prendre…"

Dates: 1795
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series II. Correspondence to or from Marie-Anne Lavoisier

France. Commission des revenus nationaux, 1794-1795. (Rocher, Lammond [?], [and] Chardonvamiville [?]) [to] Madame Lavoisier, Paris, March 1795

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents

Physical Description: 2 leaves; 23 cm; manuscript signed.Summary: The question of what she is to inherit from her father is under review. Letter begins: "Nous vous prévenons, Citoyenne, que / conformement à un arrêté du comité des / finances…"

Dates: March 1795
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series II. Correspondence to or from Marie-Anne Lavoisier

Lavoisier, Marie Anne Pierrette (Paulze) [to a relative], September 1, 1795

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 41
Scope and Contents

Physical Description: 1 leaf; 20 cm; holograph signed.Summary: Refers to various financial matters and to some transactions with farmers from whom she expected payment in kind. Letter begins: "J'ai recu Mon cher parent les 38160 que / vous m'avez addressé…"

Dates: September 1, 1795
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series II. Correspondence to or from Marie-Anne Lavoisier

Ramel de Nogaret, Dominique Vincent [to] Madame Lavoisier, Paris, January 24, 1797

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 34
Scope and Contents Physical Description: 2 leaves; 24 cm; manuscript signed. See also Lavoisier MSS. 2.42, 7.25, and 7.26.Summary: States that she may have her father's watch back if she can justify the legitimacy of her claim. Note in different hand, signed G. Noble (?) on p. [2], stating that the papers concerning the restitution of the watch are in order. Letter begins: "je vous...
Dates: January 24, 1797
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series II. Correspondence to or from Marie-Anne Lavoisier

Lavoisier, Marie Anne Pierrette (Paulze) [to an unnamed person], August 2, 1811

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 35
Scope and Contents

Physical Description: 1 leaf; 16 cm; holograph signed.Summary: Apologizes for not being able to keep her business appointment and proposes another day. Letter begins: "Je vais diner alacampagne / mardi…"

Dates: August 2, 1811
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series II. Correspondence to or from Marie-Anne Lavoisier

Lavoisier, Marie Anne Pierrette (Paulze) [to an unnamed man], June 3, 1813

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 36
Scope and Contents

Physical Description: 1 leaf; 16 cm; holograph signed.Summary: Arranges to pay a debt she owes as heir of Mme. Sanchez (?). Letter begins: "jai leprojet Monsieur de Rembourser / les dix milles francs…"

Dates: June 3, 1813
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series II. Correspondence to or from Marie-Anne Lavoisier

La Fayette, Marie Joseph Paul Roch-Yves Gilbert du Motier, marquis de [to] Madame Lavoisier, Paris, February 2

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 40
Scope and Contents

Physical Description: 1 leaf; 20 cm. Ms. signedSummary: On behalf of the Committee for Poland, he thanks her for her support and sympathies for Poland. Letter begins: "Madame / Le Comité que j'ai l'honneur de présider / en couragé par une heureuse experience de / vos genereux sentimens…"

Dates: February 2
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series II. Correspondence to or from Marie-Anne Lavoisier

Lavoisier, Marie Anne Pierrette (Paulze) [to] the Département de la Seine, Undated

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 38
Scope and Contents

Physical Description: 1 leaf; 20 cm. holograph signed.Summary: Refers to two statements from the communities at Le Bourget and Pierrefitte submitted in support of her claim that the trees on her properties in both areas rightly belong to her. Letter begins: "Citoyens / jevous ai fait passer aladatte du 26. pluviose / deux attestations..."

Dates: Undated
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series II. Correspondence to or from Marie-Anne Lavoisier

Dupont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel [to] Madame Lavoisier, Undated

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 39
Scope and Contents

Physical Description: 1 leaf; 18 cm; holograph.Summary: Draft headed "Fin d'une lettre à Mme. Lavoisier" referring to debts he owes her and rectifying the accounts she has sent him. Letter begins: "Je vous vois du Zèle pour vous informer / en France de mes affaires…"

Dates: Undated
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series II. Correspondence to or from Marie-Anne Lavoisier

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