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	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