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Autograph letter : place not specified, to Charles Augustin de Ferriol, comte d'Argental, [1734 Dec.] 21.

BIB_ID
295153
Accession number
MA 1565.16
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
[1734 Dec.] 21.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address panel) ; 19.4 cm
Notes
Date is from Besterman.
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.
Provenance
Sale (Hotel Drouot, 23 Feb. 1954, item 25).
Summary
Telling him she and Voltaire are doing well and are thinking of him. Asking for favor for her brother (Elisabeth Le Tonnelier de Breteuil), but letting him know that she won't be offended if he refuses.