Manuscripts

Jean Bernard Léon Foucault letter to J. Regnauld

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Description: This letter by Foucault was written in Liverpool (on British Association for the Advancement of Science letterhead). The letter is written in French and addressed to "Mer ami" but the name on the envelope is "J. Regnauld" in Paris.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1854, October 1.
Call number: mssHM 72099
Creator: Foucault, Léon (1819-1868)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Burndy Library Collection, Gift of Dibner Family, November 2006.
Dimensions: 20 cm :
Associated organization: Burndy Library,
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J.D. (James Donald) Cameron letter to Henry J. Gensler

Manuscripts

In this letter Cameron discusses a bill that he was supposed to have received from Gensler. He also asks Gensler to pay two bills for him. The letter is written on letterhead of the Sierra Madre Villa Hotel.

mssHM 68331

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George Dewey letter to Frank J. Bramhall

Manuscripts

George Dewey letter is addressed to Frank J. Bramhall, Southern Pacific Company, San Francisco. Dewey thanks Bramhall for sending him a copy of Sunset Magazine with an article entitled "The Pensacola, Sloop of War," written by Bramhall. Letter is on "Office of The Admiral of the Navy" letterhead.

mssHM 84238

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Camille Flammarion letters

Manuscripts

They are all written in French. One letter is written on Société astronomique de France letterhead; another is written on Observatoire Flammarion letterhead. The postcards shows the Observatoire Flammarion. The addressees' names cannot be made out.

mssHM 72895-72898

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Jean Pierre Vibert letter to "Monsieur Lauret,"

Manuscripts

The letter is written by Jean Pierre Vibert to a "Monsieur Lauret" regarding an order of roses purchased by Lauret. In addition to a detailed invoice of thirteen roses, Vibert exchanges pleasantries with Lauret about visits that his customer has made to Chenevieres, ending with a discussion of the imminent closure of his business and the deep discounts that he can therefore offer on his 1833 catalogue of rose specimens. Letter is in French; written in Paris. With typed English translation.

mssHM 80796

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Horatio Nelson Rust letter to Major William S. Beebe

Manuscripts

In this letter, written from Colton, California, Rust is answering a letter he received from Major William S. Beebe regarding archaeological tablets. Rust states that he had casts of several tablets including the Davenport tablets, which were found during an archaeological excavation by Reverend Jacob Gass in 1867 in a mound near Davenport, Iowa. (These tablets were later found to be fakes.) Rust also states that he published a paper with the American Association for the Advancement of Science, giving his interpretation of the tablets that he got from the "Old Mandan and other Old Dakotas." The letter is written on United States Indian Service letterhead.

mssHM 69391

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Theodore Roosevelt, New York, letter to Walter J. Ballard, Los Angeles :

Manuscripts

Roosevelt thanks Ballard for his letter. Written on letterhead for The Outlook magazine, Office of Theodore Roosevelt. Includes addressed envelope.

mssHM 13401

Jean Bernard Léon Foucault letter to J. Regnauld

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