The La Forte Collection, 1783-1797
Collection Number: 4711

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How the collection was acquired: a Memoir | Biographical Note: Benoist La Forte
References And Related Collections

The background for a study of the La Forte Collection is suggested in the article by Robert P. Multhauf, "The French Crash Program for Saltpetre Production, 1776 - 1794," Technology and Culture, 12 (1971), 163-181.

The La Forte Collection acquires added interest from its relationship to the Lavoisier Collection and Lavoisier Manuscripts Collection in the History of Science Collections. Lavoisier's connection to the salpetre industry is described briefly by Denis I. Duveen and H.S. Klickstein in their A Bibliography of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, London, 1954, pp. 219-231.

Other related materials at Cornell are held in the French Revolution Collection, Ben Grauer Collection, Maurepas Collection, the Lafayette Collection, the Lavoisier Collection, and the general collection in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collection.
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