BIB_ID
207802
Accession number
MA 638.53
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1775 Jan. 16.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 19.5 cm
Notes
"Ferney" is written above the address on the address panel.
Addressed to "Monsieur Le Marquis De Condorcet / Secretaire perpétuel de l'académie des / Sciences, etc. / rue de Louis le grand / à Paris."
In the hand of Voltaire's secretary, Jean Louis Wagnière.
The published version of this letter includes Jean Le Rond d'Alembert as a recipient.
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.
With an insertion at the end of the first paragraph in Voltaire's hand.
Addressed to "Monsieur Le Marquis De Condorcet / Secretaire perpétuel de l'académie des / Sciences, etc. / rue de Louis le grand / à Paris."
In the hand of Voltaire's secretary, Jean Louis Wagnière.
The published version of this letter includes Jean Le Rond d'Alembert as a recipient.
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.
With an insertion at the end of the first paragraph in Voltaire's hand.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1900.
Summary
Saying he has sent a "Petit écrit" and asking for help in obtaining the protection of le comte de Maurepas for someone named Raton; mentioning la duchesse d'Anville, le duc de la Rochefoucauld, [Charles-Augustin de Ferriol, comte] d'Argental, and others.
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