Record ID:
295134
Accession number:
MA 1565.5
Credit:
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description:
1 item (14 p.) ; 19.6 cm
Notes:
Letter begun Oct. 29 and completed Oct. 30; year 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.
Summary:
Mentioning a letter stating that if it were not for her family's good reputation, Voltaire would have been arrested long ago, but adding that her protection of him is not infallible and suspecting a family member (marquis de Breteuil) of informing the ministry. Considering moving back to Paris and asking him for guidance.
Provenance:
Sale (Hotel Drouot, 23 Feb. 1954, item 25).
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