BIB_ID
119605
Accession number
MA 1765.1
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1737 [July] 10.
Credit line
Purchased, 1956.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18.8 cm
Notes
Endorsed.
The letter is dated "mercredy 10 1737"; July is based on "mercredy 10" and the printed version of the letter.
This item is part of a group of letters of Voltaire; see main record for MA 1765 for a description of the collection.
The letter is dated "mercredy 10 1737"; July is based on "mercredy 10" and the printed version of the letter.
This item is part of a group of letters of Voltaire; see main record for MA 1765 for a description of the collection.
Provenance
Theodore Besterman.
Summary
Referring to the prizes awarded by the Royal Academy of Science; asking if he would write a letter on his behalf to Monsieur Tanevot concerning his royal pension and annuity and asking him to say that he [Voltaire] was too weak to write himself; referring to correspondence with Mssrs. de Guise, Leseau and Goebriant
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