Box 2
Contains 35 Results:
Baudon, Anne Margueritte Charlotte, comtesse de Ligniville (née comtesse de Ligniuille) [to] Monsieur de Lavoisier, Paris, July 19
Physical Description: 2 leaves; 20 cm. holograph signed. Seal attached. Summary: Thanks Lavoisier for the "ballot" she is to receive, and which she plans to give to the Carmelites. Letter begins: "Monsieur je prénderai Le ballot en / totalité…"
Dupin, ____. [to] Monsieur de Lavoisier?, December 19
Physical Description: 2 leaves; 22 cm. holograph signed.Summary: States that M. Baudon's mother has been authorized to be executor of his will and describes the functions she is to carry out. Letter begins: "J'ai l'honneur de vous prévenir Monsieur, que les / héritiers de M. Baudon…"
Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent [to] the Académie royale des sciences, Undated
Physical Description: 2 leaves; 21 cm; holograph.Summary: Draft of a letter describing Lavoisier's research on the composition of calcareous strata and asking for samples collected by Guettard and the Duc d'Orléans. Letter begins: "Les matieres qui se rencontrent des les pays / composés de couches calcaires…"
Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent [to] Monsieur Le Goussat, Paris, Undated
Physical Description: 2 leaves; 20 cm. holograph signed. Seal attached. Summary: Asks his broker to have investments made for him. Letter begins: "Je crois Monsieur quesi les rescriptions / sont demain a 8 3/4 ou 9…"
Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent [to an unnamed man], Undated
Physical Description: 2 leaves; 23 cm; holograph.Summary: Unfinished letter expressing regret about the addressee's absence from Paris. Letter begins: "Monsieur / Que votre absence est longue pour vos amis…"