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La Condamine subscribes to the new edition of Voltaire's Works
Charles Marie La Condamine (de) (Paris, 1701/1774)An explorer and scholar, of the French Academy and the Academy of Sciences, he was commissioned by the latter (in 1735) to lead an expedition to Peru in order to measure the length of an arc of meridian, and succeeded in crossing the continent from west to east to reach Cayenne.
Description : La Condamine thanks Quinson for the errands he ran for Mesdames de Cassini and de La Condamine. "They are very obliged and grateful. I am enclosing a note in which mother and daughter answer your questions." The discussion then turns to a matter with Monsieur Mathon, whose uncle, Abbé de Chalut, Doctor of the Sorbonne, had demanded a receipt from a notary. "He writes to me that his uncle hastened to send him to Lyon and that this document does not implicate me, but as…
Read moreLa Condamine thanks Quinson for the errands he has run for Mesdames de Cassini and de La Condamine. "They are very obliged and grateful to you. I am enclosing a note in which mother and daughter answer your questions." The discussion then turns to a matter with Monsieur Mathon, whose uncle, Abbé de Chalut, Doctor of the Sorbonne, had demanded a receipt from a notary. "He writes to me that his uncle hastened to send it to Lyon and that this document does not obligate me, but as I promise in this same document to return the receipt when I have found it [...] I asked him to return the receipt to me, or rather to ask his father to give it to you, hoping that you will be kind enough to bring it to me [...].".
I had forgotten to ask you to send me the silkworm seeds that you will receive from Languedoc to my address. It is for my nephew; it will be one more obligation I owe you. I also subscribe to the new edition of Voltaire, which will be more complete than the quarto one [...]. I am writing to you from the Academy [of Sciences], where we have several elections today, among others that of Mr. de La Lande, who will become a pensioner in place of Maraldi [...]" [Lalande was elected a pensioner astronomer of the Academy of Sciences on February 28, 1772, replacing Giovanni Domenico Maraldi].
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