Series 01: Louis de Freycinet correspondence

SAFE/MLMSS 10275/Box 1/Folder 1

series

1805-1839

9650177

1 folder of textual material

This series of 27 letters comprises letters received and two letters sent by Louis de Freycinet. Only four letters have Laage archive stamps. Correspondents include: Henri de Freycinet, François Arago, J. P. Gaimard, J. R. C. Quoy, Baron Georges Cuvier, Jean-Dominique Comte de Cassini, Charles Baudin and Admiral Albin Reine Roussin.

ITEM 01
Autograph letter signed, from Henri de Freycinet to his brother Louis de Freycinet, sent from Hellevoetsluis, 19 Messidor an 13, together with a signed note sent from the Phaéton sailing out of Gorée, 13 Vendémiaire an 14

ITEM 02
Autograph letter signed, from Louis de Freycinet to M. de Vielch, Lieutenant de Vaisseau aboard the Lys anchored at Brest, sent from Barrière Pigal, Maison Pinon, Paris, 6 August 1814

ITEM 03
Autograph letter signed, from G. Cuvier to Louis de Freycinet in Paris, sent from Paris, 23 September 1816

ITEM 04
Autograph letter signed, from Lacaille to Louis de Freycinet in Paris, sent from Paris, 13 October 1816

ITEM 05
Manuscript letter from the administrative professors of the Museum d’histoire naturelle in Paris to Louis de Freycinet in Toulon, 18 December 1816

ITEM 06
Invitation from Mr and Mrs Arago to Mr Freycinet, 13 January 1817

ITEM 07
Autograph note signed, from Lacaille to Louis de Freycinet, sent from Paris, 17 January 1817

ITEM 08
Autograph letter signed, from Chevalier de Panat to Louis de Freycinet, sent from Paris, 5 February 1817

ITEM 09
Autograph letter signed, from Arago to Louis de Freycinet, 21 May 1817

ITEM 10
Autograph letter signed, from A. Bretillard to Louis de Freycinet aboard the Uranie anchored at Ste Croix de Ténérife, sent from Ste Croix de Ténérife, 24 October 1817

ITEM 11
Autograph letter signed, from Henri de Freycinet to his brother Louis de Freycinet, sent from St Denis, Île Bourbon, 15 September 1821

ITEM 12
Note from Cuvier to Louis de Freycinet

ITEM 13
Autograph letter signed, from P. Gaimard and Quoy to Louis de Freycinet (letter number 10), sent from the Bay of Islands, aboard the Astrolabe, 16 March 1827

ITEM 14
Autograph letter signed, from Cassini to Louis de Freycinet in Paris, 3 May 1827

ITEM 15
Autograph letter signed, from P. Gaimard and Quoy to Louis de Freycinet in Paris, sent from Tongatabou, aboard the Astrolabe, 14 May 1827

ITEM 16
Autograph letter signed, from Charles Baudin to Louis de Freycinet in Paris, sent from Le Havre, 17 May 1828

ITEM 17
Autograph letter signed, from Charles Baudin to Louis de Freycinet in Paris, sent from Le Havre, 8 January 1829

ITEM 18
Autograph letter signed, from Charles Baudin to Louis de Freycinet, sent from Le Havre, 7 June 1829

ITEM 19
Autograph letter signed, from Roussin to Louis de Freycinet, sent from Paris, 1 December 1829

ITEM 20
Autograph letter signed, from Roussin to Louis de Freycinet, sent from Paris, 6 January 1830

ITEM 21
Autograph letter signed, from Roussin to Louis de Freycinet in Paris, sent from Paris, 14 February 1830

ITEM 22
Autograph letter signed, from Roussin to Louis de Freycinet, sent from Brest, 8 April 1831

ITEM 23
Incomplete autograph letter, from Roussin to Louis de Freycinet, sent from Brest, 5 January 1832

ITEM 24
Autograph letter signed, from Louis de Freycinet to François Arago in Paris, sent from Paris, 21 February 1833

ITEM 25
Autograph letter signed, from Roussin to Louis de Freycinet, 7 September 1833

ITEM 26
Autograph letter signed, from Charles Baudin to Louis de Freycinet in Paris, sent from Toulon Harbour, aboard the Triton, 22 March 1838

ITEM 27
Autograph letter signed, from Charles Baudin to Louis de Freycinet, sent from Île Verte, aboard the Néréide, 20 April 1839

Chronological

Out of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

The letter described at no.13 in contents list, edited by Louis de Freycinet, was published in the Bulletin de la Société de géographie, vol. 8, 1827, pp. 294-298.