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LJS 180
5783304
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Request, signed Hoffman, Paris, 27 February 1789; to an unnamed government official, for a subsidy to develop cultivation of the madder plant in France for use in textile dye. A note at the top in another hand suggests that Hoffman at least obtained an audience in response.
In French
Request for government subsidy :
former owner
Kraus, Hans Peter, 1907-1988
former owner
Stanitz, John D
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Formerly owned by Hans Peter Kraus, as part of ms. 836.
Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), as part of Ms. 11.
Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.
Technology--Early works to 1800
Dyes and dyeing--Early works to 1800
Madder--Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, French--18th century
Manuscripts, European