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Box 49

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Contains 37 Results:

Letters to citoyen Faure, 1798-1799

 File — Box: 49, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

Physical Description:15 leaves; 28 cm. Summary: Letters to Faure at the press of citoyen Dupont in Paris, from Brongniard, Lasteyrie, Harmand, and others.

Dates: 1798-1799
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series VIIIA. Photocopies of documents held at other repositories / Eleutherian Mills Historical Library

Documents concerning the printing of assignats, 1792-1815

 File — Box: 49, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Physical Description:14 leaves; 36 cm. or smaller.

Dates: 1792-1815
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series VIIIA. Photocopies of documents held at other repositories / Eleutherian Mills Historical Library

Manuscript on the refinement of saltpeter

 File — Box: 49, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

Physical Description:2 leaves; 36 cm. Draft in English, with revisions.

Dates: 1766 - 1834; Majority of material found within 1770 - 1794
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series VIIIA. Photocopies of documents held at other repositories / Eleutherian Mills Historical Library

Manuscript on the affinities of saline substances

 File — Box: 49, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

Physical Description:3 leaves; 36 cm. Draft with extensive revisions in two different hands.

Dates: 1766 - 1834; Majority of material found within 1770 - 1794
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series VIIIA. Photocopies of documents held at other repositories / Eleutherian Mills Historical Library

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier: death sentence and confiscation of property (documents), 1794-1799

 File — Box: 49, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Physical Description:18 leaves; 36 cm. or smaller.

Dates: 1794-1799
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series VIIIA. Photocopies of documents held at other repositories / Eleutherian Mills Historical Library

Review of Richard Kirwan's Of the strength of acids in French translation by Mme. Lavoisier

 File — Box: 49, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

Physical Description:1 leaf; 31 cm. Draft review of Mme. Lavoisier's translation. Unsigned, with revisions.

Dates: 1766 - 1834; Majority of material found within 1770 - 1794
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series VIIIA. Photocopies of documents held at other repositories / Eleutherian Mills Historical Library

Notes from Lavoisier to Condorcet, 1791

 File — Box: 49, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents

Physical Description:2 leaves; 28 cm. Summary:Notes from Lavoisier to Condorcet, dated July 28 and October 24, 1791. The first note concerns a letter by Lord Stanhope which Mr. Dupont and the Commissioner of the National Treasury would like to have printed in 500 copies. The second note instructs Condorcet to send the copies to Mr. Collin at the Treasury "for greater security."

Dates: 1791
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series VIIIA. Photocopies of documents held at other repositories / Eleutherian Mills Historical Library

Gunpowder (essay)

 File — Box: 49, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents

Physical Description:12 leaves; 36 cm. Fair copy, in English.

Dates: 1766 - 1834; Majority of material found within 1770 - 1794
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series VIIIA. Photocopies of documents held at other repositories / Eleutherian Mills Historical Library

Documents, file F7 on Paulze's prosecution et al. (transcripts)

 File — Box: 49, Folder: 19a
Scope and Contents

Physical Description:ca. 50 leaves; 27 cm

Summary:Documents concerning the charges against Mme. Lavoisier's father, Mme. Lavoisier's interactions with the revolutionary government, and the dispersal of Lavoisier's scientific instruments and manuscripts.

Dates: 1766 - 1834; Majority of material found within 1770 - 1794
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series VIIIA. Photocopies of documents held at other repositories / Archives nationales and other French archives

Documents on "Citoyenne Lavoisier" (transcripts)

 File — Box: 49, Folder: 19b
Scope and Contents

Physical Description:ca. 20 leaves; 27 cm

Dates: 1766 - 1834; Majority of material found within 1770 - 1794
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 4712, Lavoisier manuscript collection / Series VIIIA. Photocopies of documents held at other repositories / Archives nationales and other French archives

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