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Louis Pasteur's personal calling card with handwritten invitation to M. Chabermortier to the opening of the Pasteur Institute

  • Circa 1887

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Signed, L. Pasteur.

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  • (Front) "My dear and most honored Colleague: I wish, on behalf of the Council of the Pasteur Institute, to request M. Chabermortier to be so gracious as to confer the honor of his presence at the opening session of the Institute on November 14, at four o'clock, at 23 Blvd. Vaugirard. A later notice will confirm the date and hour. Your devoted colleague, L. Pasteur."
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  • Box 1, Folder 5

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Pasteur, Louis. “Louis Pasteur's Personal Calling Card with Handwritten Invitation to M. Chabermortier to the Opening of the Pasteur Institute,” circa 1887. Fisher-Pasteur Memorial Collection, Box 1, Folder 5. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/6108vb34k.

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