Autograph letter from Pierre Jacques Claude Dupuits to François Louis Claude Marin, written from ‘la chambre du malade’ and dated 27 March 1769 [D15543]
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CMV33856
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Français 12935 (fol.3-4)
Title:
Autograph letter from Pierre Jacques Claude Dupuits to François Louis Claude Marin, written from ‘la chambre du malade’ and dated 27 March 1769 [D15543]
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Bibliothèque Nationale de France, MF 23569
Content
People:
Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur Mon pere ne vous écrit pas par ce qu’il est à son dixieme accès de fievre.
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur, Mon père ne vous écrit pas parce qu’il est à son dixième accès de fièvre.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
No
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Pierre Jacques Claude Dupuits to François Louis Claude Marin, written from ‘la chambre du malade’ and dated 27 March 1769.
Detailed Summary:
Pierre Jacques Claude Dupuits writes that his father is not writing to François Louis Claude Marin as he is unwell, and asks Marin to forward a package onto Mr Lacombe. He encloses a corrected version of Voltaire’s Épitre à Mr. de Saint Lambert, and asks that this version be included in the new book. He ends the letter by addressing the production of the first of twelve medals, one of which would have depicted Voltaire.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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–
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1
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Watermark_notes
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Binding:
The MS is bound with other letters in the collection in calf.
Additional Comments:
There is some smudging of the ink throughout.
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Undecorated
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Owned by Louis-Nicolas-Jean-Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859).
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OCV Reference:
vol.118, p.366–367
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.118, ‘MS1’, p.367
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