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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