BIB_ID
295413
Accession number
MA 1565.41
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
[1739] Feb. 23.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 19.9 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 Voltaire's lawsuit; noting that it is now under the control of M. Heraut and asking whether Heraut can be trusted. Mentioning her fears, asking for guidance and wishing that M. du Châtelet would buy the house on the Île Saint Louis.
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