BIB_ID
295138
Accession number
MA 1565.7
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
[1737] Jan. 25.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description
1 item (18 p.) ; 19.5 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
Telling him she is upset about Rousseau's return to France, saying that under the circumstances she is pleased Voltaire is abroad and that she would rather see him free and content in Holland than living illicitly in France, but fearing that Voltaire is no longer safe in Holland and defering to his judgment on the best course of action to follow. Reporting on Voltaire's health, and discussing Voltaire's enmity with Jean-Baptiste Rousseau. Hoping that the bailiff will shade some light on the recent intrigues against them.
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