Voltaire Foundation, MS 54

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Note in La Beaumelle’s hand remarking that what follows are conversations between Lord Bolingbroke and M. de Chavigny, former ambassador in England
Conversations between Bolingbroke and M. de Chavigny mentioned in CMV33749
Autograph letter from Charles Marie de La Condamine to La Beaumelle, dated ‘ce 17 au soir’
Autograph letter from Charles Marie de La Condamine to La Beaumelle, undated
Autograph draft letter from La Beaumelle to an unknown recipient concerning Voltaire, undated
Copy of the letter from La Beaumelle to Marie Louise Denis, dated 3 March 1753 [D5220], followed on the left of the sheet by a ‘Réponse de m. de La Beaumelle’, and on the right the ‘Mémoire de m. de Voltaire’ [D.app.121.II]
Copy of the ‘Mémoire de m. de Voltaire’ [D.app.121.II]
Autograph note by La Beaumelle introducing a letter responding to Voltaire’s ‘Mémoire’
Letter from La Beaumelle to M. de ***, written in Paris and dated 30 March 1753
Autograph letter from La Beaumelle to Voltaire, accompanied by a ‘Liste des classiques François, à l’usage de Monseigneur le Prince Royal’ annotated by Voltaire, undated
Autograph letter from Voltaire to La Beaumelle, undated
Declaration made by Lemaire on 28 November 1752, concerning the publication of La Beaumelle’s ‘Qu’en dira-t’on?’
Proof sheets of La Beaumelle’s ‘Qu’en dira-t’on?’ with autograph corrections
Covering page for the dossier of papers found in the possession of Laurent Anglivel de La Beaumelle at the time of his imprisonment in the Bastille in April 1753