BIB_ID
374699
Accession number
MA 863.38
Creator
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788.
Display Date
1775 July 23.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 21.6 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Monsieur Le Président 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
Discussing the estate [of Mme de La Forest, mother-in-law of M. de Ruffey] with regard to the complaints of the niece [Mme de Chomel] of M. de Ruffey, whom M. de Buffon has endeavored to reassure of her uncle's good nature; explaining that he will go to Paris on or about All Saints' Day, and that he will not return until Easter; thanking him for mentioning his son [Georges Louis Marie], who is travelling; asking him to welcome his son to Dijon.
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