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Autograph letter signed with initial : "dans les neiges" [Ferney], to [Bernard Louis] Chauvelin, "Ambassadeur à Turin," [1763] Jan. 5.

BIB_ID
119555
Accession number
MA 1765.9
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
[1763] Jan. 5.
Credit line
Purchased, 1956.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 24.6 cm
Notes
This item is part of a group of letters of Voltaire; see main record for MA 1765 for a description of the collection.
Provenance
Guglielmo Libri sale, Silvestre (Paris, 24 Jan. 1838, p. 63, no. 104); Fletcher sale (London, 9 Mar. 1841, p. 15, no. 177); bought by Crocker; William Mitchel sale (London, 17 Dec. 1849, p. 13, no. 105); Sotheby sale (London, 27 Nov. 1886, p. 57, no. 442); Sotheby sale (London, 21 Mar. 1892, p. 43, no. 439); Sotheby sale (London, 10 Apr. 1893, p. 29-30, no. 347); Theodore Besterman.
Summary
Apologizing for not writing and saying he has been ill and working; expressing his fear that with age will come indifference; commenting that sang-froid is necessary for his [Chauvelin] profession but he requires passion for his; expressing frustration at all the changes being requested by those who have commissioned work by him.