Box 3

Scope and Contents Physical Description: 1 leaf; 20 cm; manuscriptSummary: Draft of a letter forwarding the government's order for the nomination of commissioners to examine proposals regarding the rivers Yvette and Bièvre, and suggesting candidates. Corrections in Calonne's (?) hand.examiner les plans /" Letter begins: "J'ai l'honneur de vous envoyer, Monsieur, l'arrêt du Conseil /...

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Physical Description: 2 leaves; 25 cm; holograph signed.Summary: Describes the state of his sheep and property, and his experiments with steam boilers at Les Thernes. Letter begins: "j'ai eté enchanté, mon bon ami, / de trouber une de tes lettres à mon / retour de la campagne…"

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Physical Description: 2 leaves; 25 cm; holograph signed.Summary: Describes ways of smuggling salt and his experiments with combustion and nitric gas at Les Thernes. Letter begins: "j'ai attendu vainement pendant 15 jours / une réponse a ma lettre de fontainebleau..."

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Physical Description: 2 leaves; 23 cm; holograph signed.Summary: Discusses his contributions in relief of the job shortage in Amboise and his substitution of the sugar beet crops for Merinos breeding. Letter begins: "j'attendois detes nouvelles avec impatien/ce / , mon cher ami…"

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Physical Description: 2 leaves; 24 cm; holograph signed.Summary: Gives an account of his experiments with distillation and fermentation. Letter begins: "mon cher ami, j'ai reçu ta Seconde / lettre dans laquelle je vois que…"

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Physical Description: 2 leaves; 20 cm. Holograph.Summary: Incomplete letter discussing a shipment of white and brown sugar, problems with the crystallization of his sugar, the affair with La Nouvelle, and a purchase of coal. Letter begins: "mon cher ami, les beliers de mr / Weyer Sont partis ce matin…"

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Physical Description: 2 leaves; 24 cm; holograph.Summary: Discusses the uneven coloring of his sugar loaves and the affair with La Nouvelle. Letter begins: "je m'etois bien appercu, mon cher ami, / que les pains de Sucre etoient plus colorés…"

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Physical Description: 2 leaves; 24 cm; holograph signed.Summary: Discusses a business transaction concerning the mortgage on a house. Letter begins: "mon cher ami, mr petit m'a ecrit que le / duc de maillé vouloit payer…"

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Physical Description: 2 leaves; 24 cm; holograph signed.Summary: Discusses the affair with La Nouvelle. Letter begins: "mon cher ami, j'ai différé de repondre ata / derniere lettre parceque j'esperois pouvoir te / donner des résultats…"

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Physical Description: 2 leaves; 24 cm; holograph signed.Summary: Asks that the brown sugar he sent be returned to him because he can make more profit on it in Chanteloup than in Paris, and mentions his distillation difficulties. Letter begins: "j'apprends par mde dela tourette, mon cher / ami, que les pains de sucre…"