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Manuscript/Mixed Material Aeronauts. Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel, 1713, 1778-1789, 1803-1808.

About this Item

Title

  • Aeronauts. Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel, 1713, 1778-1789, 1803-1808.

Created / Published

  • 1713

Headings

  • -  Manuscripts

Genre

  • Manuscripts

Notes

  • -  Acquired through the Manuscript Division's Foreign Copying Program
  • -  Document declassified by the Soviet government
  • -  summary: Osten-Sacken provides background for the 3 main arguments for the sale of Alaska: 1) the colonies are useless to Russia; 2) the danger that, sooner or later, Russia will lose them anyway; 3) Russia could receive a significant sum of money for them.
  • -  Scientific and mathematical writings in possession of Montgolfier family, n.d.%Autographe du grand pere des freres Montgolfier du 23 aout 1713.

Medium

  • ink and paper

Call Number/Physical Location

  • mm 81071571 0614OO: Box 8, Folder 8

Source Collection

  • Tissandier Collection on the History of Aeronautics, 1539-192

Repository

  • Manuscript Division

Digital Id

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Rights & Access

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, France in America.

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Chicago citation style:

Aeronauts. Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel, 1778 to 1789, 1803 to 1808. 1713. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/mss42994-008008/.

APA citation style:

(1713) Aeronauts. Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel, 1778 to 1789, 1803 to 1808. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mss42994-008008/.

MLA citation style:

Aeronauts. Montgolfier, Joseph-Michel, 1778 to 1789, 1803 to 1808. 1713. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mss42994-008008/>.