- 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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