Autograph letter signed : Berlin, to Pierre Maupertuis, 1756 July 31.

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Autograph letter signed : Berlin, to Pierre Maupertuis, 1756 July 31.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/660184470

Reporting on Academy business, including an unsuccessful attempt to recruit Joseph Louis Lagrange; quoting from a letter (in Latin) that Lagrange sent to him; noting that all the Russian students in Berlin have left [preceding the start of the Seven Years War the next month].

1 item (3 p., with address) ; 23.6 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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