BIB_ID
107654
Accession number
MA 863.47
Creator
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788.
Display Date
1780 Feb. 9.
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 20 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Monsieur de Ruffey Président honoraire / à la Chambre des comptes, rue Chapelotte / à Dijon."
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed from Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon, to Gilles Germain Richard de Ruffey and other recipients. Items are described in individual records; see MA 863 for details.
With postmark and seal.
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed from Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon, to Gilles Germain Richard de Ruffey and other recipients. Items are described in individual records; see MA 863 for details.
With postmark and seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. before 1913.
Summary
Writing that he has enclosed a response from M. Silvestre, "chef du Bureau auquel ressortissent les affaires des villes et des communautés"; explaining that M. de Ruffey's protégé in Saint-Jean-de-Losne [the sieur de Fleury] is likely to succeed [cf. MA 863.46 and MA 863.48]; expressing pleasure that he has succeeded in helping in an endeavor that is dear to M. de Ruffey.
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