[Letter to Marie Noelle Cecile Mangon]
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Title
[Letter to Marie Noelle Cecile Mangon]
Creator
Smith, J. Lawrence (John Lawrence), 1818-1883
Contributors
Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
Date
1875
Date (EDTF)
1875
Decade
1870-1879
Part Of
Les geysers d'Amerique
Place
Louisville , Kentucky
Description
J . Lawrence Smith (1818-1883) was an internationally renowned American chemist , formerly professor at the University of Louisville , Kentucky , and member in the American and French Academies . The letter , written in English and addressed to Marie Noelle Mangon , the daughter of Jean-Baptiste Dumas , a French scientist , accompanies the album 'Les Geysers dAmerique. ' Smith was sending the album to Mangon in return for her hospitality while he visited Paris the year before . The letter acknowledges Mangon's interest for Yellowstone's geysers .
Notes
Album title taken from spine of album .
Keywords
U.S . West ; letters ; correspondence ; Smith , J . Lawrence (John Lawrence) , 1818-1883 ; Dumas , J . B . (Jean-Baptiste) , 1800-1884 ; Magnon , Marie Noelle Cecile
Physical Description
1 letter
Digital Resource Type
Text
Digitization Date
Digitized: 2010
Digital Format
Displayed as image/jp2; uploaded as image/.jpg
Archival File Resolution
Archival scan: 380 ppi
Digitization Process
Digitization process: scanned with Bookeye scanner, master file cropped to 4280 x 5702 pixels and saved as 380 ppi, 16-bit .tif; derivative resized to 3000 pixels wide and resaved as 8-bit .jpg
Call Number
Ag1982.0124x
Upload File Name
ag1982_0124x_00d_letter1_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)
ag1982_0124x_00d_letter1.tif
Digital Collection
U.S. West: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints
Library
DeGolyer Library
Publisher
Central University Libraries , Southern Methodist University
Rights
Please cite DeGolyer Library , Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details see the https://sites.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/research/permissions/ web page. For other information , contact degolyer@smu.edu.
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