Autograph letter from Jeanne Antoinette d’Etioles, marquise de Pompadour to Voltaire, written from Fontainebleau and dated ‘Ce dimanche au soir’ [October 1745] [D3240]

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Box: 1, Identifier: MS Fr 167, (49), ‘Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette (Poisson) marquise de, 1721-1764. A.L.(unsigned) to Voltaire; Fontainebleau, [n.d.]’

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Autograph letter from Jeanne Antoinette d’Etioles, marquise de Pompadour to Voltaire, written from Fontainebleau and dated ‘Ce dimanche au soir’ [October 1745] [D3240]

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Autograph letter from Jeanne Antoinette d’Etioles, marquise de Pompadour to Voltaire, written from Fontainebleau and dated ‘Ce dimanche au soir’ [October 1745].

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The marquise writes that she strongly spproves of Voltaire’s plan to destroy the infamous lies of a newspaper with a true story. She adds that if Voltaire could send her a copy she would be greatly obliged to him.

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2 pp.

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Owned by Susan Dwight Bliss.

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Passed at the Charavay sale in Paris on 17 April 1880 (p.21, no.94); and again at the Charavay sale in Paris on 26 January 1885 (p.33, no.166). Deposited by Susand Dwight Bliss. Received between 1957 and 1958. Bequest, 1967.

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

30 May 2024