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Letter : Cirey, France, to Marie-Louise Mignot, afterwards Denis, Paris

Title
Letter : Cirey, France, to Marie-Louise Mignot, afterwards Denis, Paris, 1737 Dec. 7.
Author
Voltaire, 1694-1778.

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TextRestricted use *KGV 10-250Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
  • Denis, Marie-Louise Mignot, 1712-1790.
  • Martin J. Gross Collection.
Description
1; 20 cm.
Summary
  • Autograph manuscript of a letter by Voltaire to his niece, Marie-Louise Mignot, afterwards Denis. Dated at head of text: "A Cirey par Vassy en Champagne, 7 Xbre 1737." Signed (p. [4]): V. Begins: "Je reçois, ma chere enfant, votre lettre du 1er decembre. Je vais vous parler comme à ma nièce, à ma fille et à mon amie."
  • Voltaire, then living at Cirey in the Champagne region with the marquise du Châtelet, proposes that his late sister's elder daughter, the recently orphaned Marie-Louise Mignot, should marry Louis François Toussaint du Ravet de Champbonin, the son of a neighbor; he offers a dowry and help with her establishment. He also denies rumors that he planned to move to Prussia at the invitation of the crown prince, the future King Frederick II, and comments on his relationship with the du Châtelets. Mignot rejected the proposed marriage and married Nicolas-Charles Denis the following February.
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Note
  • In ink; on half-sheet 20 x 32 cm., folded to 4 p., with creases showing further folds for mailing.
  • Not in T. Besterman's ed. of Voltaire's correspondence (Voltaire. Works, 1968-, v. 85-135); for letters relating to Mignot's circumstances after her father's death, to the proposed marriage, and to Mignot's visit to Cirey after her marriage to Denis, cf. Besterman D1379, D1396, D1406, D1408, D1411-1412, D1498.
  • Transcription available online in Electronic Enlightenment project (letter no. D1398a-N).
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Language (note)
  • In French.
Call Number
*KGV 10-250
OCLC
678591559
Author
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Title
Letter : Cirey, France, to Marie-Louise Mignot, afterwards Denis, Paris, 1737 Dec. 7.
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Rare Books Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Language
In French.
Local Note
Martin J. Gross Collection.
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Denis, Marie-Louise Mignot, 1712-1790. Correspondent
Martin J. Gross Collection.
Research Call Number
*KGV 10-250
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