Paris
23/08/2011
I got through two more boxes of documents today. The contents are from an earlier period when Lesueur was in America; his "New Harmony" period. So far the boxes have been:
Later period in Le Havre, with drawings of mainly littoral or just sub-littoral shellfish and fossils;
MS 1715 Chalk cliffs and Anomite fossils
MS 1716
MS 1717 Havre and Rouen on some drawings
MS 1718 (Dated letter 1844)
MS 1719 (Date 1842)
MS 1720 (Dates 1833 - 38 -41 )
MS 1721 (New Harmony letter, 1830)
MS 1722 (Dates ranging from 1810 trough to 1837, so a mixed series of drawings. Locations of "quadeloupe", "Martinique", "Barbados", New Orleans", and a letter dated 1822 from "Philodelphia Pensyls".) Both boxes have excellent drawings and water colour renditions of tropical and sub-tropical fish.
Away from the museum I found a "Phone shop" but the salesperson was not really interested in a "pre-paid SIM card only" order; he was interested in selling the more expensive plans and phones. I will try again with a specific "Orange store". I also spoke with PNP Parnas Bank on campus, and will try to set up an account with them tommorrow. It is free for the first year and I get a Debit Card. I can drop my extra funds there at the current exchange rate, which has come back up a bit thankfully, and then I will be immune to the rate fluctuations. One less worry.
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