Autograph letter : [Cirey, near Joinville], to Bonaventure Moussinot, 1737 [July] 10.

Record ID: 
119605
Accession number: 
MA 1765.1
Author: 
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Credit: 
Purchased, 1956.
Description: 
1 item (3 p.) ; 18.8 cm
Notes: 

The letter is dated "mercredy 10 1737"; July is based on "mercredy 10" and the printed version of the letter.
Endorsed.
This item is part of a group of letters of Voltaire; see main record for MA 1765 for a description of the collection.

Summary: 

Referring to the prizes awarded by the Royal Academy of Science; asking if he would write a letter on his behalf to Monsieur Tanevot concerning his royal pension and annuity and asking him to say that he [Voltaire] was too weak to write himself; referring to correspondence with Mssrs. de Guise, Leseau and Goebriant

Provenance: 
Theodore Besterman.