BIB_ID
295145
Accession number
MA 1565.12
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
[1738] May 1.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description
1 item (8 p.) ; 19.9 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 (Hôtel Drouot, 23 Feb. 1954, item 25).
Summary
Writing about his impending departure and hoping to see him before he leaves. Looking forward to attending the play Le Fat puni by Pont-de-Veyle. Saying that Voltaire's Merope is canceled, and mentioning his conversation with M. du Chatelet and his recommendation that Voltaire write less. Discussing issues regarding the publication of Voltaire's Elements de Newton in Holland, and asking the comte d'Argental to intervene.
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