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.
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.