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Autograph letter : place not specified, to Charles Augustin de Ferriol, comte d'Argental, [1739] Jan. 18.

BIB_ID
295405
Accession number
MA 1565.38
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
[1739] Jan. 18.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.1 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.
Provenance
Sale (Hotel Drouot, 23 Feb. 1954, item 25).
Summary
Sending Voltaire's Mémoire sur la satire. Complaining about Tiriot's letter and expressing concern for her family's reputation.