Autograph letter : [Cirey, near Joinville], to François Antoine Devaux, [1738 Dec. 19 or 20].

Record ID: 
295280
Accession number: 
MA 3936.8
Author: 
Grafigny, Mme de (Françoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt), 1695-1758.
Date: 
[1738 Dec. 19 or 20].
Credit: 
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1978.
Description: 
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm
Notes: 

Part of a collection of 32 letters from Madame de Graffigny to François Antoine Devaux. Letters in the collection are described individually (MA 3936.1-32).
The letter is incomplete.
The possible date is from Showalter's edition of Madame de Graffigny's letters.

Summary: 

Part of the letter is addressed to [Antoine Honneste] Adhémar. Describing [Emilie] du Châtelet's personality; commenting on Voltaire's Le Petit Boursoufle; discussing Abbé Desfontaines and [Jean-Baptiste] Rousseau in reference to Voltaire; informing him of Voltaire's health.

Provenance: 
From the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps.