Identity area
Reference code
Carrighan/Box 2/3-4/30
Unique identifier
GB 275 Carrighan/Box 2/3-4/30
Title
Autograph letter, signed, in French, from Frederic Maurice, Paris
Date(s)
- 7 June 1816 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
4p Manuscript paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1781-1845)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Gives thanks for the books recently received. Is especially grateful to Herschel and Babbage for the works they have sent and is greatly impressed by their scholarship shown. Believes that Herschel will go far. Discusses a recent parcel and the books which were evidently missing. Is impressed by the examination papers recently sent and is complimentary about the state of current research into mathematics at Cambridge. Discusses the practicalities of a visit to Switzerland. Gives news of his family.