BIB_ID
295134
Accession number
MA 1565.5
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
[1736] Oct. 29-30.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description
1 item (14 p.) ; 19.6 cm
Notes
Letter begun Oct. 29 and completed Oct. 30; year 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.
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
Mentioning a letter stating that if it were not for her family's good reputation, Voltaire would have been arrested long ago, but adding that her protection of him is not infallible and suspecting a family member (marquis de Breteuil) of informing the ministry. Considering moving back to Paris and asking him for guidance.
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