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Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873. Correspondence and other papers, 1821-1877

Title: Louis Agassiz correspondence and other papers, 1821-1877

Correspondence and legal papers of American professor of natural history Louis Agassiz.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes (2 linear ft.)

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Drouyn de Lhuys, Edouard, 1805-1881. Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Bailey Denton, 1863 July 21.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Bailey Denton, 1863 July 21.

Thanking him on behalf of the Emperor for sending his work on English agriculture.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 31.2 cm.

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Gordon, Douglas H.,. Collection of French autograph letters [manuscript], ca. 1834/5-1931, n.d.

Title: Collection of French autograph letters [manuscript], ca. 1834/5-1931, n.d.

The collection contains letters from Honoré de Balzac to Margaret Patrickson, 1834 December or 1835 January; Zulma Carraud, 1833 November; Théodore Dablin, 1834 [September?]; Prince Michelangelo Caetani, 1846 April; and Mme de Moerder,1843 October. They convey personal news including a reference to his affair with Madame Hanska, mention work on Eugenie Grandet, send thanks, present a book and accept invitations. Victor Bohain and Auguste Borget are mentioned. In the second page of an undated letter, the Vicomte de Chateaubriand responds to a nomination to a political position declaring that he should be a Republican if he were not a Legitimist, avowing his loyalty to the Comte de Chambord and agreeing with the opinions of Berryer and Carnet. With the letters are nine newsclippings re the death of Chateaubriand. In an [1879] letter, Alexandre Dumas, fils, discusses a visit and mutual acquaintances. In addition the collection contains a brief note, 1872 August 24, from Edward Drouyn de Lhuys; a 1931 note and enclosure from Arthur Ellis to Marcel Bouteron re a [Balzac?] letter for sale at Sotheby's; and an autopen signature on a printed sentiment by Richard Nixon.

ArchivalResource: 15 items.

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Paul, Alfred. Letter books, 1860-1870.

Title: Letter books, 1860-1870.

Letter books, 1860-1870, containing copies of official letters by French consul Alfred Paul while in Richmond, Virginia, and mostly addressed to officials in France.

ArchivalResource: 6 v. (ca. 880 p.)

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