Letter signed from Voltaire to Jacob Bouthillier de Beaumont, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 31 August 1765 [D12860]

Identifiers

CMV:

CMV35610

Shelfmark:

Français 12935 (fol.29-30)

Title:

Letter signed from Voltaire to Jacob Bouthillier de Beaumont, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 31 August 1765 [D12860]

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Reproductions:

Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23569

Content

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Incipit Diplomatic:

J’ai été un peu malade, Monsieur, et je n’ai pu avoir l’honneur de vous remercier des offres obligeantes que vous voulez bien me faire.

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Partly

Brief Summary:

Letter signed from Voltaire to Jacob Bouthillier de Beaumont, written in the hand of Wagnière from Ferney and dated 31 August 1765.

Detailed Summary:

Voltaire writes that he has been ill and could not have the honour of thanking Jacob Bouthillier de Beaumont for the offers he made. He asks him to give Gabriel Cramer the money for his bills of exchange, adding that it should arrive from Basel by courier. He asks de Beaumont to have it collected from Mr. Astruc, the directeur du coche in Switzerland.

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Physical Description

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Extent:

2 ff.

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Hands:

3

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Binding:

The MS is bound with other letters in the collection in calf.

Additional Comments:

The paper features a vertical fold line that creates a left-hand margin on the recto sides of the page. There is a large ink stain in the upper left-hand corner of f.29r.

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Undecorated

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The letter has been endorsed on f.30v in a third hand.

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History

Date:

31 August 1765

Ownership:

Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.

Origin (transcript):

Ferney

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