This copy is limited to the verse only. The autograph copy is dated 2 November 1744, rather than 1 November as stated on this MS.

The letter features a poem titled ‘L’homme inutile’.

The letter features a poem titled ‘L’homme inutile’.

The letter contains a copy of a short verse titled ‘À Mme la Duchesse de ***’. The lines of the poem have been added to the bottom of f.97v in two columns of four lines each.

The letter contains a copy of a poem by Voltaire titled: ‘Aux princesses de Prusse Ulrique et Amélie.’ The manuscript’s present whereabouts are unknown, and it is presumed destroyed.

This copy of the poem is found in a letter from Graffigny to Devaux dated 11 November 1743.

This copy of the poem is found in an autograph letter from Graffigny to Devaux dated 23 January [1743] where it is titled ‘Par Md. la duchesse de Bouflers a Md. du Chatelet’.