Letter concerning manufacture of platinum, 1768

Timespan:

Early works to 1800; Louis XV, 1715-1774

Date:

1768

Description:

Letter written in Metz, dated 28 April 1768, to the inspector of manufacture of arms in Maubeuge, concerning the production of platinum (platine); signed Boileau. Originally folded for mailing, with address and remnants of sealing wax on former exterior.

Language:

French

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Hans Peter Kraus, as part of ms. 836.; Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), as part of Ms. 11.; Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.; Kraus, Hans Peter, 1907-1988, former owner.; Stanitz, John D., former owner.; Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs180_item10.html

Subject:

Technology -- Early works to 1800; Technology; Platinum -- History; Platinum; History

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, French; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (1 bifolium)

Geographic Subject:

France -- History -- Louis XV, 1715-1774; France

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; In French.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 180

Collection:

Industrial History Letters and Documents; Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)