BIB_ID
207751
Accession number
MA 638.89
Creator
Denis, Marie-Louise Mignot, 1712-1790.
Display Date
1754 Nov. 27.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.6 cm
Notes
This item is part of a collection of Voltaire letters and manuscripts; see main record (MA 638) for a description of the collection as well as individual records for other items in the collection.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1900.
Summary
Discussing a visit from the maréchal de Richelieu and an unauthorized edition of Voltaire's La Pucelle d'Orléans; mentioning that she finds Lyon "enchanting"; hoping her uncle [Voltaire] will write "une belle tragédie" when he gets over his worries.
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