Letter of Louis Vauquelin, René Desfontaines and Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu written to Louis de Freycinet

Title: Letter of Louis Vauquelin, René Desfontaines and Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu written to Louis de Freycinet
Subject: Australia--Discovery and exploration; Voyages and travels; Botany; Natural history; French letters
Category: 1. Settlement
Person: Freycinet, de, Louis
Current holder: National Library of Australia
Date: December 18, 1816
Link: https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/5011546
Series number: MS Acc10.185
Item number: 5011546
Access rights: Request at location
Rights: Copyright Undetermined. Copyright restrictions may apply. Available for research. Not for loan.
Country of origin: France
Place: Paris
Language: French
Description from source: 1 item (25.0 x 40.0 cm.)

Single sheet of paper with printed letterhead, folded to letter size, 25.0 x 20.0 cm., and showing old folds. Written in a neat secretarial hand in ink and signed by the three French scientists.

Comprises the official letter dated 18 December 1816 to Louis de Freycinet signed by the scientists Vauquelin, Desfontaines and Jussieu, professors of the Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Paris. The letter states their support for the collection of natural history specimens on the L'Uranie voyage and the appointment of a naturalist for this purpose.
Physical format: Letters