BIB_ID
374682
Accession number
MA 863.30
Creator
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788.
Display Date
1769 July 29.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 22.2 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Monsieur Le President de / Ruffey rue Chapelotte / A Dijon."
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed from Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon, to Gilles Germain Richard de Ruffey and other recipients. Items are described in individual records; see MA 863 for details.
With postmark and seal.
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed from Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon, to Gilles Germain Richard de Ruffey and other recipients. Items are described in individual records; see MA 863 for details.
With postmark and seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. before 1913.
Summary
Writing about the visit he has had from Mme. de Ruffey and her daughter; recounting the royal favor that his son has just received [pension and future appointment to the Jardin du roi]; accepting the fact that M. de Ruffey will probably not visit; discussing the high opinion of Mme. de La Forest of M. de Ruffey [her son-in-law]; informing M. de Ruffey that he has been unable to write because of the recent unfortunate events in his life, and that he has nothing to send; expressing a wish to see the writings of M. de Ruffey and other "confreres."
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