Autograph letter signed : Orleans, to Nicolas Toinard, 1678 July 26.

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Autograph letter signed : Orleans, to Nicolas Toinard, 1678 July 26.

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Thanking him for his letter and apologizing for not replying sooner; mentioning their common friend Mr. Brisbane; discussing the use of a microscope to look at tin powder; mentioning the hygrometer; congratulating him on his recent victory in the courts; noting that he is enjoying a book by Abbé Gendron both for its subject matter and Gendron's "spelling of words"; asking for an address in Paris where he can send a book [Sir William Petty's work on duplicate proportion] while Toinard is away.

1 item (3 p., with address) ; 23cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Thoynard, Nicolas, 1628-1706

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Petty, William, Sir, 1623-1687

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