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Subject: Atlas Prospectus date
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 09:20:25 -0400
From: Blair Tinker <[log in to unmask]>
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I have a researcher who is attempting to date a letter by determining the
date at which an atlas translation prospectus was sent out.  I know this is
a long shot but I didn't even know where to start researching this.  Below
is the text of the letter that she is trying to date.

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Mr Law takes the liberty of requesting Mrs Madison to patronize & to obtain
Subscribers to the translation of Le Sages Maps--
  The accompanying Prospectus merits attention--It would be a pity should so
useful a work fail for want of encouragement--Mr Law kn<o>ws the translator
& has given some aid, merely from a desire to promote an understanding which
will facilitate the attainment of Geography & History in seminaries. To Mrs
Madison it is a sufficient recommendation to evince that her country will
benefit--

RC (ViU).
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Note that Law (a DC entrepreneur who was originally English) is asking
Dolley Madison to subscribe to a translation of Le Sage's Maps, and that he
sent her an enclosure of a Prospectus.  Unfortunately the
Prospectus/enclosure is missing.

The researcher also believes that Le Sage was Emmanuel Las Cases' pseudonym
here.

I know that this is a long shot but any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Blair Tinker - Geographic Information Specialist
Geospatial and Statistical Data Center
Alderman Library, University of Virginia
Tel: 434-982-2637
Fax: 434-924-1431
URL: http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu