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Jean Pierre Vibert letter to "Monsieur Lauret,"

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Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1835, February 22.
Call number: mssHM 80796
Creator: Vibert, Jean Pierre(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Brent C. Dickerson, August 2014.
Dimensions: 26 cm :

Pierre-Jean de Smet letter to John Dawson Gilmary Shea

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Writing from St. Louis University in Missouri, de Smet is happy to help with compiling information for Shea's almanac. When the almanac is ready, de Smet asks that a copy be sent to his native Belgium.

mssHM 4018

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René Desgenettes letter to Monsieur le préfet

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Letter written by René Desgenettes to "Monsieur le préfet." The letter is in French and was written in Paris.

mssHM 83068

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Giovanni Aldini letter to "Monsieur le Chevalier Cobianchi,"

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mssHM 81247

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Francois Demovy? letter to "Monsieur,"

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A.N.S. from F. Demory to Monsieur Menard; in French, written in pencil with some words redacted in pen. With typed transcription and translation.

mssHM 60411

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Marsilio Landriani letters to Jean-André de Luc

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Nine letters written by Marsilio Landriani to Swiss meteorologist, physicist, and geologist Jean-André de Luc (1727-1817), addressed as "Monsieur" and "Mon cher Monsieur" in their salutations. The letters, which are in French, relate to Landrianis work as a physicist, and address topics including electricity, meteorology, hygrometry, and various experiments. Those dated 1783, 1786, and 1787 were written from Milan, Italy, and those dated 1788 were written from London, England (two letters), or from an unspecified location (one letter). Six letters bear red wax seals, and two show traces of seals that were removed. Three letters include the name Landriani or M. Landriani handwritten in red ink at the top.

mssHM 82696-82704

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Jean Frédéric Ostervald letters

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Five letters written by Jean Frédéric Ostervald and one manuscript by an unidentified writer. Two of the five letters are addressed to Monsieur [Jean] Clogenson (1785-1876), a librarian in Alençon, and one letter, dated 1825, is addressed to Professor [Marc-August] Pictet (1752-1825), an influential editor and researcher who was a professor of natural philosophy at the Academy of Geneva. The recipients of the other two letters are unidentified. The letters are in French; one was written from Paris, France, while the origin of the others is unspecified. The four-page manuscript, also written in French, possibly by Ostervald, describes routes and travel times between numerous destinations, mostly within Switzerland.

mssHM 82714-82719

Jean Pierre Vibert letter to "Monsieur Lauret,"

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