Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von, 1769-1859 to James Madison

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GLC#
GLC00496.173-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
July 21, 1814
Author/Creator
Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von, 1769-1859
Title
to James Madison
Place Written
Paris, France
Pagination
3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 23.9 cm, Width: 18.7 cm
Language
French
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Age of Jefferson & Madison

Mentions David Bailie Warden, American consul general in Paris. Also mentions Mr. de Lafayette (possibly the Marquis de Lafayette), and Berthollet (possibly Claude de Berthollet, a French chemist). Contains a cardboard strip attached to the end of the letter, possibly to keep the pages from separating. Docketed by Madison.

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