Letter of François Arago written to Louis de Freycinet (1820)
| Date |
1820-11-24 |
| Person |
Freycinet, de, Louis Arago, Dominique François Jean |
| Place |
Le Havre |
| Subject | |
| Category | |
| Author |
Arago, François |
| Keywords |
Uranie (corvette) |
| Current holder | |
| Link |
catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/5011567 |
| Series number |
MS Acc10.187 |
| Item number |
5011567 |
| Access rights |
Request at location |
| Rights |
Copyright Undetermined. Available for research. Not for loan. |
| Country of origin | |
| Language | |
| Description from source |
1 item (24.0 x 35.8 cm.) Two-page autograph letter folded to letter size 24.0 x 18.0 cm. Neatly written to the first two pages, with 28 lines of text, the third page blank and the fourth an address panel. Condition: Showing old folds and traces of original seal. The letter dated 24 November 1820 from François Arago addressed to Louis de Freycinet, still aboard the Physicienne at Le Havre not long after his return from the 1817-1820 l’Uranie expedition to Australia and the Pacific. In the letter, Arago laments the indifferent reception from the French authorities for Freycinet’s return, congratulates Freycinet on the scientific observations from the expedition, reports on some unusual results from the calculations he had made with these observations, and sends his fond regards to Rose de Freycinet, who had illegally accompanied her husband on the expedition. |
| Physical format |
Letters |
| Bibliographic citation | |
| File |
Arago portrait |
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