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Letter of François Arago written to Louis de Freycinet (1825)

Person
Freycinet, de, Louis
Arago, Dominique François Jean
Subject
Category
Author
Arago, François
Keywords
Uranie (corvette)
Expedition
Current holder
Series number
MS Acc10.188
Item number
5011568
Access rights
Request at location
Rights
Copyright Undetermined. Available for research. Not for loan.
Country of origin
Language
Period of reference
1825
Description from source
1 item (19.5 x 12.5 cm.)
Single sheet of paper measuring 19.5 x 12.5 cm with a small tear to the upper right edge. Twenty nine lines of text written in ink on both sides in a cursive hand.

The letter from François Arago is written on behalf of the Academie des Sciences to Louis de Freycinet regarding the material collected on the L’Uranie expedition. The letter reports on a decision to deposit the material at the Academie under the care of Monsieur Cardot for the perusal of the various specialists working on the long-overdue report on the expedition. It is addressed to the house of Madame Pinon, the mother of Freycinet’s wife Rose.
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