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200Rough-draft of letter to A. HannLetter Nr. 59Paris, August 26, 1830Dear Anthony!Although I am answering your letter more than a month after I receivedit, I have long since taken care of the small business matters in accord withyour request. The Bautin 208 barometers were shipped from here two weeksago. N.B., with their cases, they cost only 220 fr. Of what remained, I gaveLuton 209 20 fr. as a further down-payment, for he was complaining that the 10fr. he had received from Theophile Rybicki was too little. I left another 10 fr.with Louis Królikowski, with the understanding that he would pay for them.Królikowski lives at Rue Saint Jacques Nr. 83, and will continue to live therefor a while. He is all settled here, for he has his own furniture and, as you mayknow, has married a very sensible Frenchwoman. Therefore, you can write tohim at the address given above.In the list of bottles which you sent to me, there were 47 items. Icompared this with the list which Rybicki had given to Luton, and in this latterlist I found 12 that were not on your list. Naturally, I told him to include these.Specifically: 1. gallic acid; 2. caustic soda; 3. syrup of violets; 4. salt soda; 5.lime soda; 6. iron soda; 7. ammonium succinate; 8. yellow potash; 9. redpotash; 10. potassium chromate; 11. sulphuric acid; 12. stannous salt.Consequently, you will receive 59 bottles /47 and 12/.Rybicki had left a list of only 46 items. Since I found 14 items on yourlist that were not on his, I asked that they be added. The total number of bottlesis the same: 45 and 14 = 59. Therefore, you will receive 59 bottles /47 and 12;208 A less-known French physicist.209 Louis Luton /1757-1852/ - At that time, a well-known Parisian and enameller, as well as apainter on glass and discoverer of a valuable lacquer. He worked in the capital and in thesurrounding regions, living his life in constant privation.