Mémoire, 1784

Contributor:

Calonne, Charles Alexandre de, 1734-1802 (addressee); Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872 (former owner); Kraus, Hans Peter, 1907-1988 (former owner); Stanitz, John D. (former owner); Schoenberg, Lawrence J. (former owner)

Timespan:

18th century; Early works to 1800; Louis XVI, 1774-1793

Date:

1784

Description:

Proposition that the contrôleur général des finances (position held by Charles Alexandre de Calonne, 1783-1787) pay for an observer from France to travel to England to learn about the conversion of iron to steel, described as a secret of great importance for France to obtain. A note at the top of the document in another hand, dated 22 Oct. 1784, records approval of the plan.

Language:

French

Provenance:

Separated from manuscript formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, ms. 22927 (note in pencil on verso, Kraus?).; Sold as part of the residue of the Phillipps collection first to William H. Robinson Ltd., 1945, and again to H. P. Kraus, Mar. 1978; part of Kraus's 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.

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_item1.html

Subject:

Technology -- Early works to 1800; Technology; Iron industry and trade -- France -- History -- 18th century; Steel industry and trade -- France -- History -- 18th century; Steel industry and trade; History; Iron industry and trade

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, French; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

1 item (1 bifolium)

Geographic Subject:

France -- History -- Louis XVI, 1774-1793; France

Rights:

https://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)