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Gaspard Monge letter

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Gaspard Monge letter

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Description: Gaspard Monge wrote this letter in Paris while he held the position of the Minister of the Marine. The letter is in French and deals with war against England. The letter may have been intended for Edmond Charles Genet, the French Ambassador to the United States who was sent to the US to promote American support for France's wars with Spain and Britain.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1793, January 30.
Call number: mssHM 81229
Creator: Monge, Gaspard (1746-1818)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Burndy Library Collection, Gift of Dibner Family, November 2006.

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Dimensions

20 cm :

Associated people

Genet, Edmond Charles, (1763-1834,)

Associated organization

Burndy Library,

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