Autograph letter from Voltaire to Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d’Éon de Beaumont, chevalier d’Éon, written from Ferney and dated 16 September 1777 [D20797]
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MA 639.2, ‘Autograph letter : Ferney, to le Chevalier d’Eon, 1777 Sept. 16.’
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Autograph letter from Voltaire to Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d’Éon de Beaumont, chevalier d’Éon, written from Ferney and dated 16 September 1777 [D20797]
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The honest and amiable Mr Keat Writes to an old and diyng man that he may béfore his last day have the honour to see a captain-Lady very famous in the World.
Incipit Modernised:
The honest and amiable Mr Keat writes to an old and dying man that he may before his last day have the honour to see a captain-lady very famous in the world.
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d’Éon de Beaumont, chevalier d’Éon, written from Ferney and dated 16 September 1777.
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire writes that George Keate had informed him that he might have the honour of seeing a very famous lady-captain before his death [D20765]. He adds that he longs after that pleasure and presents his respects to the said lady-captain. This lady-captain refers to the recipient, the chevalier d’Éon who often dressed as a woman when serving as a secret agent and, for a short while in 1760, was captain of dragoons.
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1 pp.
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Height: 196 mm
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16 September 1777
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Purchased from J. Pearson & Co. in London in 1900 by Pierpont Morgan.
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