BIB_ID
295595
Accession number
MA 1565.60
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
1741 May 18.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address panel) ; 19.8 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
Mentioning her legal battle regarding a will and asking him for guidance. Discussing potential actors for Voltaire's play (La Nouë, Mademoiselle Gautier, and Mademoiselle Gossein). Reporting that the King of Prussia sent another letter to Voltaire.
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