Autograph letter from Anne Marguerite Feydeau to Voltaire, dated 16 June 1768 [D15081].
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CMV33959
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5-240 (VI, f.67-76), ‘[V] ‘Première lettre de Mad. de Feydeau, adressée d’Abbeville’ à Voltaire’
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Autograph letter from Anne Marguerite Feydeau to Voltaire, dated 16 June 1768 [D15081].
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Je suis sortie de ma maison comme j’ai eu l’honneur de vous le mander trois mois après la détention du chever de Labarre.
Incipit Modernised:
Je suis sortie de ma maison comme j’ai eu l’honneur de vous le mander trois mois après la détention du chever de Labarre.
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Anne Marguerite Feydeau to Voltaire, dated 16 June 1768.
Detailed Summary:
The manuscript is an autograph letter written in the hand of Anne Marguerite Feydeau and recounting the story of Anne Marguerite Feydeau, a nun of the Cistercian convent of Willancourt, in Abbeville. It comprehensively discusses the speculatively unfounded allegations made against Feydeau’s conduct, including undue indulgence in entertainment, the excessive company of male visitors and negligence of her fellow nuns in need. Feydeau refutes most of the accusations and illustrates how the slander inflicted significant distress, compelling her to relocate on multiple occasions.
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10 ff.
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The manuscript is bound with other documents in contemporary red morocco.
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History
Date:
[16 June 1768]
Ownership:
After Voltaire’s death, the MS passed into the ownership of Catherine II and remained in the imperial and then national collection thereafter.
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Provenance:
This MS was probably taken to St Petersburg by Wagnière in the summer of 1779 along with the rest of Voltaire’s library.
Bibliography
Bibliography:
Fernand Caussy, Inventaire des manuscrits de la bibliothèque de Voltaire conservée à la bibliothèque impériale publique de Saint-Pétersbourg (Geneva, Slatkine reprints, 1970)
OCV Reference:
117, p. 393–400
OCV Manuscript Reference:
117, ‘MS2’, p. 400
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