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Autograph letter : [Cirey, near Joinville], to François Antoine Devaux, [1739] Jan. 15.

BIB_ID
295303
Accession number
MA 3936.19
Creator
Grafigny, Mme de (Françoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt), 1695-1758.
Display Date
[1739] Jan. 15.
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.
Provenance
From the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps.
Summary
Grumpily commenting on the fact that her mail arrives unsealed; musing about the depth of their friendship; discussing the Professor's affair [Nicolas-François-Xavier Liébault]; telling him about her daily activities.