BIB_ID
107910
Accession number
MA 750.7
Creator
Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de, 1626-1696.
Display Date
1695 June 29.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Description
1 item (4 p.), unbound ; 21.6 cm
Notes
Identity of recipient from published letter.
Jean Corbinelli was a French writer and friend of Madame de Sévigné.
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed by Madame de Sévigné. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Philippe Moulceau was the President of the Chambre des Comptes at Montpellier and friend and correspondent of Madame de Sévigné.
The letter is signed by Madame de Sévigné and also in her hand she adds "Grignan".
Jean Corbinelli was a French writer and friend of Madame de Sévigné.
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed by Madame de Sévigné. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Philippe Moulceau was the President of the Chambre des Comptes at Montpellier and friend and correspondent of Madame de Sévigné.
The letter is signed by Madame de Sévigné and also in her hand she adds "Grignan".
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Pearson in 1911.
Summary
Telling him how much she and her daughter enjoyed his letter; saying how sorry she is that the correspondence between him and Corbinelli has ended; expressing their wish that he would visit them; adding that she will share the contents of his letter with Corbinelli and will relate his reply to him in hopes that they might correspond again .
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