Autograph letter from Voltaire to Marc Pierre de Voyer, comte d’Argenson, written from Cirey and dated 6 June 1744 [D2987]
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CMV33785
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MS 120.24
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Autograph letter from Voltaire to Marc Pierre de Voyer, comte d’Argenson, written from Cirey and dated 6 June 1744 [D2987]
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comment diable monsieur le duc de foix de Richelieu a t’il pu vous faire lire une mauvaise esquisse, un croquis informe, que je ne luy ay envoyé que par pure obeissance?
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Autograph letter from Voltaire to Marc Pierre de Voyer, comte d’Argenson, written from Cirey and dated 6 June 1744.
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Voltaire complains about the ‘bad sketch’ that Richelieu made d’Argenson read. He adds that he has included a petition for a Champagne gentleman named de Riaucourt, lieutenant in the batallion of St Dizier, whose father had just died. He writes that the widow and seven children had had a trial in the principality of Joinville and, in order to pay the attorney, they have to sell chickens at market for twenty sous. Voltaire notes that to pay for justice they die of hunger. He concludes by asking d’Argenson to protect him from Richelieu and adds that Emilie du Châtelet sends her compliments.
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2 ff.
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226 x 182 mm
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1
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The paper is countermarked with the initials ‘HR’.
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The pages are gilded in gold and feature additional horizontal and vertical fold lines. There is an area of discolouration on the right-hand side of f.2v. There is a slight additional fold line close to the main fold line on f.2. There are a small number of ink dots in the bottom right-hand corner of f.2v. There is some very slight damage to the top edge of f.2. Some of the text sparkles slightly due to the ink absorbing particles of drying sand.
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There is a minor correction to the second word of l.9 on f.1v.
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