BIB_ID
295297
Accession number
MA 3936.16
Creator
Grafigny, Mme de (Françoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt), 1695-1758.
Display Date
[1739] Jan. 8.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1978.
Description
1 item (3 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 year of the date is from Showalter's edition of Madame de Graffigny's letters.
With seal.
The year of the date is from Showalter's edition of Madame de Graffigny's letters.
With seal.
Provenance
From the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps.
Summary
Noting that her mail is being read by a third party [Emilie du Châtelet] before it reaches her; regretting that her affairs only add to his bad mood; asking him about medical issues (a potion against vapours; ways to have an abortion).
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