Autograph letter : place not specified, to Charles Augustin de Ferriol, comte d'Argental, [1739 Jan.] 10.

Record ID: 
295359
Accession number: 
MA 1565.28
Author: 
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Credit: 
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1954.
Description: 
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.1 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.

Summary: 

Saying that Voltaire is upset with Tiriot and is considering prosecuting Desfontaines, but suggesting that Voltaire won't act before getting the comte d'Argenta'ls approval.

Provenance: 
Sale (Hotel Drouot, 23 Feb. 1954, item 25).