Letter, [Monsieur] De La Blancherie, Paris to Dr Reid, Doctor in Divinity, Glasgow. Letter asks Reid if he is willing to correspond with the writer on the sciences and arts in Scotland, giving notice of publications of interest by himself and others and intimination of "Deaths, nominations or inventions"; prefixes an extract, translated into English, from the register of The Royal Academy of Science in Paris dated 20th May 1778 in which writer's scheme is approved and his weekly meetings open to distinguished visitors and interested Frenchmen are commended; subscription terms and mailing arrangements are outlined. 16 December 1778