Access

Format

Author / Creator

Subject

Recently added

Eresources

Language

Place of Publication

Dates

Location

This series, comprising 15 letters/documents, concerns Louis de Freycinet's project with Athanase Gros to compile a dictionary of the language of the Mariana Islands (Micronesia). Most documents have Laage archive stamps.

1. Autograph letter signed, from Athanase Gros to Louis de Freycinet in Paris, 30 November 1830 (3 pages on a single folded sheet, seal, with Laage archive stamp, Dossier 274 B-2) on precise issues concerning particular words for the Mariana Islands Dictionary.
2. Notes by Athanase Gros sent to Louis de Freycinet in Paris, postmarked 10 December 1830 (2 pages on a single folded sheet, seal, postmark).
3. Letter from [Alexandre] Cosnard to Louis de Freycinet, 14 December 1830, with a 4-line translation into French of a Marianas song (1 page).
4. Lengthy letter with table from Athanase Gros to Louis de Freycinet, undated (1 folio-size page, folded, with Laage archive stamp, Dossier 274 B-3), being detailed notes on Mariana Islands linguistics.
5. Notes [by Athanase Gros] on various Mariana Islands words with diagrams (4 pages on a single folded sheet).
6. Diagrammatic notes [by Louis de Freycinet] of relationship structures in the Marianas (1 page).
7. Diagrammatic notes [by Louis de Freycinet] (2 pages on a single sheet).
8. Autograph letter signed, from [Joseph] Termet, Justice of the Peace, to Athanase Gros in Paris, sent from Loriol, 20 August 1842 (3 pages on a single folded sheet, seal, postmarks, with Laage archive stamp, Dossier 243-5), reporting the death of Louis de Freycinet to his collaborator on the Mariana Islands Dictionary. He describes in detail the final hours; a will has been found; his niece Blanche will inherit; as Justice of the Peace he has been obliged to put seals on all Freycinet’s possessions; Gros will need to retrieve his work-in-progress.
9. Inventory of the Mariana Islands manuscripts left at Freycinet by Athanase Gros, undated [1842?] (1 page, with Laage archive stamp, Dossier 274 B-1), including a reference to the Spanish-Marianas manuscript by seventeenth-century missionaries which Louis de Freycinet had brought back from Guam and which was the main source used for his work on the language.
10. Letter signed, from Casimir de Freycinet to his nephew Louis René (Lodoïx) de Freycinet in Paris, sent from Auxerre, 20 January 1843, in secretarial hand (3 pages on a single folded sheet, seal, postmarks, with Laage archive stamp, Dossier 274 B-4), concerning the location of Louis’ papers at Freycinet [family château] and at his place in Souillac, and the manuscripts for the Mariana Islands Dictionary.
11. Autograph letter signed, from Louis René (Lodoïx) de Freycinet to his uncle Casimir de Freycinet, sent from Paris, 23 January 1843 with postscript 31 January 1843 (4 pages on a single folded sheet, with Laage archive stamp, Dossier 274 B-5), concerning the location of the documents relating to the Dictionary project. He has finished editing Louis’ Magnetism volume and is now working on the Meteorology volume. Work on the Dictionary project must be brought to completion and will likely cost 18,000 francs.
12. Letter signed, from Casimir de Freycinet to his nephew Louis René (Lodoïx) de Freycinet in Paris, sent from Auxerre, 30 January 1843, in secretarial hand (4 pages on a single folded sheet, seal, postmark, with Laage archive stamp, Dossier 274 B-6), concerning Louis’ papers taken to Paris, Henri’s manuscripts given to Lodoïx, and much about the Dictionary.
13. Autograph letter signed, from Louis René (Lodoïx) de Freycinet in Paris to his uncle Casimir de Freycinet, sent from Toulon, 12 March 1843 (4 pages on a single folded sheet, with Laage archive stamp, Dossier 274 B-7), urging the family to make every effort to bring the Dictionary project to completion, as a matter of family honour.
14. Extract of a petition sent by Louis René (Lodoïx) de Freycinet to the Minister of Public Instruction, 6 July 1850 (3 page manuscript, with Laage archive stamp, Dossier 274 B-8), urging the ministry to allow and fund publication of the Dictionary. Includes statements from three of Freycinet’s scientific colleagues on the Uranie voyage: Jean-René Constant Quoy, Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré and Joseph Paul Gaimard.
15. Letter from Athanase Gros to Madame [Henriette] Lamothe, half-sister of Louis René (Lodoïx) de Freycinet, 2 March 1852 (4 pages, with Laage archive stamp, Dossier 274 B-9), informing her that he is about to take up the post of librarian at Draguignan. While there he aims to complete the Dictionary in his own time and at his own expense.

Series 03: Papers concerning work on the Mariana Islands Dictionary by Louis de Freycinet, Athanase Gros and Louis René (Lodoïx) de Freycinet

This series of 27 letters comprises letters received and two letters sent by Louis de Freycinet. Only four letters have Laage archive stamps. Correspondents include: Henri de Freycinet, François Arago, J. P. Gaimard, J. R. C. Quoy, Baron Georges Cuvier, Jean-Dominique Comte de Cassini, Charles Baudin and Admiral Albin Reine Roussin.

1. Autograph letter signed, from Henri de Freycinet to his brother Louis de Freycinet, sent from Hellevoetsluis, 19 Messidor an 13 [8 July 1805] (6 pages on two folded sheets, with Laage archive stamp, Dossier 195 A), together with a signed note sent from the Phaéton sailing out of Gorée, 13 Vendémiaire an 14 [5 October 1805] (one page). Includes details on the material and administrative preparations for his voyage and the vessels themselves, and comments on their youngest brother Casimir, the scientist Foujas de Saint-Fond and the Baudin veteran Ransonnet.
2. Autograph letter signed, from Louis de Freycinet to M. de Vielch, Lieutenant de Vaisseau on board the Lys anchored at Brest, sent from Barrière Pigal, Maison Pinon, Paris, 6 August 1814, (1 page on a single folded sheet) detailing the efforts that have been made to find him a new position.
3. Autograph letter signed, from [Baron Georges] Cuvier to Louis de Freycinet in Paris, sent from Paris, 23 September 1816 (one page on a single folded sheet, letterhead of Académie Royale des Sciences, Institut de France, seal), thanking Louis for giving a copy of the newly published final text volume of the Baudin voyage account to the Library of the Institut.
4. Autograph letter signed, from Lacaille to Louis de Freycinet in Paris, sent from Paris, 13 October 1816 (1 page on a single folded sheet, seal), arranging for copies of the final volume of the Baudin narrative to be distributed.
5. Manuscript letter from the administrative professors of the Museum d’histoire naturelle in Paris to Louis de Freycinet in Toulon, in a secretarial hand on Jardin du Roi letterhead, Paris, 18 December 1816 (2 pages on single folded sheet), regarding the appointment of a naturalist to the Uranie. Signed by Louis Nicolas Vauquelin on behalf of professors Desfontaines and De Jussieu.
6. Invitation from Mr and Mrs [François] Arago to Mr [Louis de] Freycinet to dinner at their home on the following Wednesday at 5 o’clock, sent from [Paris], 13 January 1817 (1 page on a single sheet).
7. Autograph note signed, from Lacaille to Louis de Freycinet, sent from Paris, 17 January 1817 (1 page), being an invitation to dinner.
8. Autograph letter signed, from [Antoine-Léopold] Chevalier de Panat to Louis de Freycinet, sent from Paris, 5 February 1817 (1 page on a single folded sheet, seal), recommending someone [unnamed] for the Uranie voyage. Letter annotated by Freycinet that he replied on 7 February 1817.
9. Autograph letter signed, from [François] Arago to Louis de Freycinet, sent from [Paris], 21 May 1817 (2 pages on a single sheet), regarding scientific preparations for the Uranie voyage.
10. Autograph letter signed, from [Nicolas Alexandre] Bretillard [French consul] to Louis de Freycinet on board the Uranie anchored at Ste Croix de Ténérife, sent from Ste Croix de Ténérife, 24 October 1817, (2 pages on single folded sheet, seal, with Laage archive stamp, Dossier 283 C-2), relating to the local markets and the purchase of wine for the expedition. Annotated with some simple calculations of quantities in Freycinet’s hand.
11. Autograph letter signed, from Henri de Freycinet to his brother Louis de Freycinet in his left-sloping hand (4 pages on single folded sheet, with Laage archive stamp, Dossier 213 B), sent from St Denis, Île Bourbon, 15 September 1821, including discussion of family matters, description of life on Île Bourbon, and reassurance that Louis’ voyage and publication will lead to noble rewards.
12. Unsigned and undated note from [Baron Georges] Cuvier to Louis de Freycinet, sent from [Paris, ca. 1825], (1 page on a single sheet), written in the third person in answer to a question from Freycinet concerning nomenclature in natural history.
13. Autograph letter signed, from [J.] P. Gaimard and [J. R. C.] Quoy to Louis de Freycinet (letter number 10), sent from the Bay of Islands, aboard the Astrolabe, 16 March 1827 (4 pages), describing their experiences surveying New Zealand coasts from their landfall at Cape Foulwind on 14 January 1827 to their arrival in Paihia two months later. [In Gaimard’s hand], signed by both men, with notes and edits in pencil [by Freycinet].
14. Autograph letter signed, from [Jean-Dominique, Comte de] Cassini [astronomer] to Louis de Freycinet in Paris, 3 May 1827 (1 page on a single folded sheet, seal, postmarks), lobbying Louis for his vote in favour of his son’s election at the Académie des Sciences.
15. Autograph letter signed, from [J.] P. Gaimard and [J. R. C.] Quoy to Louis de Freycinet in Paris, [presumed to be letter number 14] sent from Tongatabou, aboard the Astrolabe, 14 May 1827 (3 pages on a single folded sheet, wax seal, postmarks), describing their experiences on leaving New Zealand and their perilous time on the reefs off Tonga. [In Quoy’s hand, with short postscript added by Gaimard], signed by both men, with notes and edits in pencil [by Freycinet].
16. Autograph letter signed, from Charles Baudin to Louis de Freycinet in Paris, sent from Le Havre, 17 May 1828 (1 page on a single sheet, seal, postmarks).
17. Autograph letter signed, from Charles Baudin to Louis de Freycinet in Paris, sent from Le Havre, 8 January 1829 (2 pages on a single folded sheet, seal, postmarks).
18. Autograph letter signed, from Charles Baudin to Louis de Freycinet, sent from Le Havre, 7 June 1829 (2 pages on a single sheet).
19. Autograph letter signed, from [Admiral Albin Reine] Roussin to Louis de Freycinet, sent from Paris, 1 December 1829 (4 pages on a single folded sheet).
20. Autograph letter signed, from [Admiral Albin Reine] Roussin to Louis de Freycinet, sent from Paris, 6 January 1830 (1 page on a single sheet).
21. Autograph letter signed, from [Admiral Albin Reine] Roussin to Louis de Freycinet in Paris, sent from Paris, 14 February 1830 (1 page on a single folded sheet, seal).
22. Autograph letter signed, from [Admiral Albin Reine] Roussin to Louis de Freycinet, sent from Brest, 8 April 1831 (3 pages on a single folded sheet).
23. Incomplete autograph letter, from [Admiral Albin Reine] Roussin to Louis de Freycinet, sent from Brest, 5 January 1832 (2 pages on a single sheet).
24. Autograph letter signed, from Louis de Freycinet to François Arago in Paris, sent from Paris, 21 February 1833 (1 page on a single folded sheet, seal, postmarks, with Laage archive stamp), regarding errors in navigation in the Mediterranean, Atlantic and Pacific.
25. Autograph letter signed, from [Admiral Albin Reine] Roussin to Louis de Freycinet, 7 September 1833 (4 pages on a single folded sheet).
26. Autograph letter signed, from Charles Baudin to Louis de Freycinet in Paris, sent from aboard the Triton in Toulon Harbour, 22 March 1838 (3 pages on a single folded sheet, seal).
27. Autograph letter signed, from Charles Baudin to Louis de Freycinet, sent from aboard the Néréide, Île Verte, 20 April 1839 (3 pages on a single folded sheet), in which he refers to the valiant conduct of Louis de Freycinet’s ‘beau-frère’ [referring to nephew Louis René (Lodoïx) de Freycinet in the battle of Veracruz].

Series 01: Louis de Freycinet correspondence

Gaimard and Quoy report to Louis de Freycinet on the progress of their voyage, including news gathered in Hobart of Peter Dillon's discoveries concerning the location of La Pérouse's two shipwrecks, and their subsequent visit to Tikopia and Vanikolo where they find debris from one of the wrecks.

Item 1: Letter from Joseph Paul Gaimard and Jean René Constant Quoy to Louis de Freycinet, written at Hobart Town, Île Van Diemen, 25 December 1827

Item 2: Letter from Joseph Paul Gaimard and Jean René Constant Quoy to Louis de Freycinet, written at Port Louis, Île de France, 18 October 1828

Two letters to Louis de Freycinet from Joseph Paul Gaimard and Jean René Constant Quoy while on Dumont d'Urville's Astrolabe expedition, 25 December 1827 and 18 October 1828

Export record to excel

Export this record

Export record to excel

Series 03: Papers concerning work on the Mariana Islands Dictionary by Louis de Freycinet, Athanase Gros and Louis René (Lodoïx) de Freycinet

Export this record

Export record to excel

Series 01: Louis de Freycinet correspondence

Export this record

Export record to excel

Two letters to Louis de Freycinet from Joseph Paul Gaimard and Jean René Constant Quoy while on Dumont d'Urville's Astrolabe expedition, 25 December 1827 and 18 October 1828

Refine your search