Document concerning the Balleydier affair, c.1780
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CMV35597
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Lambert-David.VDivers.8.(21255).Document touchant l’affaire Balleydier
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Document concerning the Balleydier affair, c.1780
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Incipit Diplomatic:
j’ai retiré ces piéces parmi des papiers de rebut laissés au Chateau de Fernex où je fut appellé au mois d’avril 1780
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Brief Summary:
Document concerning the Balleydier affair, c.1780.
Detailed Summary:
The author of the document notes that they removed these papers from among the waste papers left at the Chateau de Ferney where tey were called in April 1780 by the father-in-law of the Marquis de Villette, who then became the owner of the property, taking control of the chateau and all of the furniture and effects which were assigned to an Englishman (Mr. Pigott) as tenant. The author adds that they will try to get hold of another little brochure that they saw in Pregay with the certificate and declaration attached. They note that this brochure contained some of Voltaire’s correspondence.
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1 ff.
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188 x 141 mm
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Unbound
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A slip of paper has been appended to the upper right-hand corner of f.1r. On this slip has been written the number: ‘21255’.
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c.1780
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