BIB_ID
295556
Accession number
MA 1565.45
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
[1739] Mar. 7.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.9 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.
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 is thrilled that Pierre Guérin de Tencin was appointed Cardinal. Hoping that Voltaire's lawsuit will be avoided and that Desfontaines will disavow his lampoon, but worrying that Voltaire may act impulsively and compromise everything.
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