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Autograph letter : place not specified, to Charles Augustin de Ferriol, comte d'Argental, [1737 Jan.] 2.

BIB_ID
295133
Accession number
MA 1565.4
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
[1737 Jan.] 2.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description
1 item (8 p.) ; 19.2 cm
Notes
Date is from Besterman.
Part of a large collection of letters from Madame du Châtelet to Charles Augustin de Ferriol, comte d'Argental. Items in the collection are described in separate records; see MA 1565 for more information.
Provenance
Sale (Hotel Drouot, 23 Feb. 1954, item 25).
Summary
Expressing her concern for Voltaire, worrying that the Ministry will find out his whereabouts and won't permit his return to France. Planning a course of action for Voltaire's return, and asking him to make Voltaire see reason.