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Letter of Louis Vauquelin, René Desfontaines and Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu written to Louis de Freycinet

Date
1816-12-18
Person
Freycinet, de, Louis
Place
Paris
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Series number
MS Acc10.185
Item number
5011546
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Copyright Undetermined. Copyright restrictions may apply. Available for research. Not for loan.
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1 item (25.0 x 40.0 cm.)

Single sheet of paper with printed letterhead, folded to letter size, 25.0 x 20.0 cm., and showing old folds. Written in a neat secretarial hand in ink and signed by the three French scientists.

Comprises the official letter dated 18 December 1816 to Louis de Freycinet signed by the scientists Vauquelin, Desfontaines and Jussieu, professors of the Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Paris. The letter states their support for the collection of natural history specimens on the L’Uranie voyage and the appointment of a naturalist for this purpose.
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