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René Desgenettes letter to Monsieur le préfet
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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This letter was written by Giovanni Aldini to "Monsieur Le Chevalier Cobianchi" in Paris, concerning his publications. In French and some Italian.
mssHM 81247
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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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The majority of this correspondence is written to Robert Hoe, book, manuscript and art collector, American businessman, and the head of R. Hoe & Company. The correspondence, which is all written in French, concerns bookbinding and often specific consignments (proprosed treatments, payments, shipments, etc.) on books sent to the binders by Hoe. The letters are written by several notable French bookbinders including: Émile Carayon (1), René-Victor Chambolle (5) and his son René (1), Adolphe Cuzin (3), Francisque Cuzin (5), Antoine Joly (15), and Léon Maillard (3). Many of the letters are addressed solely to "Monsieur," but are probably also written to Hoe.
mssHM 81037-81070
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This letter was written in Paris by Coquelin. In it, he announces his next performance. The letter is in French but has an English translation. The recipient is unknown.
mssHM 78373
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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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This letter, written in French by Le Couteulx in Buffalo, New York, to a friend in France, describes in detail the Franklin shipwreck off New York and how the author and his family were saved. The letter also provides specific information about the Know Nothing Party, a political movement of the time characterized by anti-immigration, mostly anti-Catholic, sentiment. More specifically Le Couteulx talks about a Catholic church being burned to the ground and attempts to "burn other churches." He also talks about Catholic clergy being fined as a result of their actions.
mssHM 77963