BIB_ID
295147
Accession number
MA 1565.14
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
[1744] July 8.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.9 cm
Notes
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.
Year is from Besterman.
Year is from Besterman.
Provenance
Sale (Hotel Drouot, 23 Feb. 1954, item 25).
Summary
Discussing a ballet Volaire has been working on (possibly La Princesse de Navarre). Discussing Hénault's visit to Cirey, and asking the comte d'Argental to send her best wishes to Mme. Dargental and M. de Pondeuele. Reporting that Voltaire is feeling feverish and will write soon.
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