BIB_ID
295362
Accession number
MA 1565.29
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
[1739 Jan.] 12.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 23 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.
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
Saying that he must have received Voltaire's statement by now and mentioning how it reflects his suggestions and further discussing it. Estimating that under the current circumstances Voltaire is unlikely to finish his tragedy for another year. Saying that Mlle. Quinaut might put on a play like Zaire, which would certainly induce good-feelings towards Voltaire. Mentioning a visit by Maupertuis, and referencing the Voltaire-Thiriot controversy. Asking him to burn this letter.
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