Jean Frédéric Ostervald letters | Collections | The Huntington

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mssHM 79073-79077
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Lord North letters introducing Jean-Pierre Blanchard
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Two letters of introduction, written by Lord North, 1784, November 11th and 18th, for pioneering French balloonist Jean-Pierre Blanchard, who had already flown one flight over England and hoped to secure permission to take another over London.
mssHM 84089
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Marsilio Landriani letters to Jean-André de Luc
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mssHM 82696-82704
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Jean-Rodolphe Perronet letter
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mssHM 81235
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Jean Pierre Vibert letter to "Monsieur Lauret,"
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mssHM 80796
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Alexis Carrel letter to My Dear Doctor
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mssHM 83062