BIB_ID
157767
Accession number
MA 2287.7
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
1735 May 21.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1964.
Description
1 item (7 p.) ; 19.4 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters from Madame du Châtelet to the Marquis de Saint Lambert, Charles Augustin de Ferriol, comte d'Argental, the Marquise de Boufflers, the Duc de Richelieu and others. Items in the collection are described in separate records; see MA 2287 for more information.
Provenance
Alfred Morrison.
Summary
Saying how much she misses him, Voltaire, and Mme. de Richelieu; telling him that the rules of polite society prevent her from expressing her feelings towards him more emphatically; discussing her friendship for him; saying she has been seeing Mme. de Brancas a lot since he departed.
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