BIB_ID
190905
Accession number
MA 4801 (31)
Creator
Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, 1721-1764.
Display Date
[n.d., ca. 1745].
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1993.
Description
1 item (2 p.)
Notes
Item 1139 in the Wrightsman gift.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Circle with shield, HON SOIT MAL Y PENCE, surmounted by crown over VDL.
Provenance
Mrs. Charles Wrightsman.
Summary
Regarding a suit filed by her, concerning her only daughter, Alexandrine Jeanne Le Normand, 1743-1754. She has given Mr. Labourdonnois's report (Bertrand François Marie de la Bourdonnais, 1699-1753) to Mr. Mauchaud (Jean Baptiste de Machault d'Arnouville, 1701-1794), who will await more detailed information from the lawyer. Mme. de Pompadour is pessimistic about the outcome of the suit, but hopes that her daughter will retain her grandparents' fortune: "Win or lose, we will never have anything to reproach ourselves with, and money will never be able to ruin our happiness. This is always my way of thinking, and I hope you approve of it."
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