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VOLTA Alessandro (1745-1827) physicien et chimiste italien
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VOLTA Alessandro (1745-1827) physicien et chimiste italien
inventor of the first electric battery.
L.A.S. "Alessandro Volta", Milan 21 May 1811, to an "Eccellenza"| 4 pages in-fol.| in Italian.
Long letter in favor of his native city of Como.
His colleague Count Senator Giovanni PARADISI (1760-1826) is charged with a mission by the Senate, but also with various letters and recommendations from his friends. Volta reminds His Excellency of his previous letter with the same recommendations, hoping that he will benefit from the same traits of kindness, and the same gracious looks as before. He recalls the petition of his dear homeland Como (Como), chief town of the department of Lario, inspired by a particular devotion and attachment to the Imperial Family| she would like her name to be given to the second daughter of the adored Viceroy [Eugene de Beauharnais], by the title of Princess of Como ("che venisse intitolata la seconda figlia del nostre adorate Vice Re, Principessa di Como"). The Viceroy gave his agreement to this request, and Volta begs to be granted this favor to his homeland. There follow various requests in favor of some of his fellow citizens of Como, among which the ex-count Modesta Porro, man of spirit and science, and the ex-count Giambatista Giovio, stemming from a family of illustrious literati, himself a fine scholar, the jurist Ignazio Martignoni, for whom he asks for a decoration (Legion of Honor or Iron Crown), whose lustre would reflect on his dear fatherland....
inventor of the first electric battery.
L.A.S. "Alessandro Volta", Milan 21 May 1811, to an "Eccellenza"| 4 pages in-fol.| in Italian.
Long letter in favor of his native city of Como.
His colleague Count Senator Giovanni PARADISI (1760-1826) is charged with a mission by the Senate, but also with various letters and recommendations from his friends. Volta reminds His Excellency of his previous letter with the same recommendations, hoping that he will benefit from the same traits of kindness, and the same gracious looks as before. He recalls the petition of his dear homeland Como (Como), chief town of the department of Lario, inspired by a particular devotion and attachment to the Imperial Family| she would like her name to be given to the second daughter of the adored Viceroy [Eugene de Beauharnais], by the title of Princess of Como ("che venisse intitolata la seconda figlia del nostre adorate Vice Re, Principessa di Como"). The Viceroy gave his agreement to this request, and Volta begs to be granted this favor to his homeland. There follow various requests in favor of some of his fellow citizens of Como, among which the ex-count Modesta Porro, man of spirit and science, and the ex-count Giambatista Giovio, stemming from a family of illustrious literati, himself a fine scholar, the jurist Ignazio Martignoni, for whom he asks for a decoration (Legion of Honor or Iron Crown), whose lustre would reflect on his dear fatherland....