Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Jacob Bouthillier de Beaumont, written from Ferney and dated 3 September 1765 [D12867]
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CMV35611
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Français 12935 (fol.31-32)
Title:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Jacob Bouthillier de Beaumont, written from Ferney and dated 3 September 1765 [D12867]
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, MF 23569
Content
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Incipit Diplomatic:
je prends la liberté monsieur detre tres faché contre vous.
Incipit Modernised:
Je prends la liberté monsieur d’être très fâché contre vous.
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Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Jacob Bouthillier de Beaumont, written from Ferney and dated 3 September 1765.
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire writes that he is very angry with Jacob Bouthillier de Beaumont as he invited Emmanuel Bernoulli to dinner instead of him. He then discusses money, saying that he accepts de Beaumont’s proposal. He writes that de Beaumont can keep 15,000 livres but should send Voltaire ten ‘louis légers’ and an additional 291 livres tournoi. Voltaire ends by saying that when he needs money he will ask de Beaumont for it.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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2
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Binding:
The MS is bound with other letters in the collection in calf.
Additional Comments:
The paper features one vertical and two horizontal fold lines. The was seal is extant on f.32v and has caused some damage to the same folio.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
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The address has been added in a second hand. A mathematical sum has been added to f.32v.
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History
Date:
3 September 1765
Ownership:
Owned by Louis-Nicholas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol.
Origin (transcript):
Ferney
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