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AD 211 LEMOINE,____, Macon, 28 aoust 1766. 2 pp., 28 August 1766

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Content Description

From the Collection:

The Michel Adanson Library at Hunt Institute includes the botanical portion of Adanson's personal library, along with correspondence, manuscripts, and a large number of plant illustrations clipped from published sources. The collection contains 127 book titles, 117 letters, 146 manuscripts and thousands of plant images clipped from published works, many of them annotated by him. (copied from https://www.huntbotanical.org/library/show.php?1)

Dates

  • Creation: 28 August 1766

Extent

From the Collection: 391 Volumes

Language of Materials

French

General

Mentions that he has not forgotten what Adanson taught him and has tested these views since through his work on an herbarium of grapes, which he hopes to present to Adanson. Most of the letter relates to a business activities concerning Cayes, Saint-Domingue [Haiti], on the part of a brother and brother-in-law of Lemoine. Annotated: Draft of a detailed reply of 4 September 1766 is given. See also AD 208.

Repository Details

Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository

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