BIB_ID
295305
Accession number
MA 3936.20
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 (2 p.) ; 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).
Possibly intended for François Antoine Devaux even though it is not addressed to him (see Showalter); possibly sent with MA 3936.19 (also dated Jan. 15).
The year of the date is from Showalter's edition of Madame de Graffigny's letters.
Possibly intended for François Antoine Devaux even though it is not addressed to him (see Showalter); possibly sent with MA 3936.19 (also dated Jan. 15).
The year of the date is from Showalter's edition of Madame de Graffigny's letters.
Provenance
From the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps.
Summary
Saying that she did not reply earlier because she had vapours; discussing a scene he witnessed between "Ronron" and her sister-in-law; asking him to take care of her affairs.
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