BIB_ID
119587
Accession number
MA 1765.5
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1754 Nov. 20.
Credit line
Purchased, 1956.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 20.7 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Monsieur de Laleu, Secretaire / du roy notaire, rue Ste. croix / de la Bretonnerie / a Paris."
Endorsed "Répondu Le 26 9bre et envoyé le billet de mr Demontmartel de 166400 [or 160400]."
This item is part of a group of letters of Voltaire; see main record for MA 1765 for a description of the collection.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
Endorsed "Répondu Le 26 9bre et envoyé le billet de mr Demontmartel de 166400 [or 160400]."
This item is part of a group of letters of Voltaire; see main record for MA 1765 for a description of the collection.
With postmark and trace of a seal.
Provenance
Monmerqué sale (Paris, 11 Mar. 1861, p. 403, in no. 3850); Techener sale (Paris, 4 Apr. 1865, iii. 120-121, in no. 1962); Theodore Besterman.
Summary
Thanking him for his help with his affairs and referring to his own ill health; discussing his fees and asking if he could delay payment until 1756; discussing monies owed to him.
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