BIB_ID
295174
Accession number
MA 1565.23
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
1738 Oct. 31.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description
1 item (6 p.) ; 20.2 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.
Provenance
Sale (Hotel Drouot, 23 Feb. 1954, item 25).
Summary
Writing that although she does not want Voltaire to know about Des Fontaines's lampoon he ought to respond to it. Detailing the lampoon's content, proposing a response, and asking for his feedback. Discussing her grievances against Tiriot, and telling him about Voltaire's new tragedy.
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