BIB_ID
295307
Accession number
MA 3936.21
Creator
Grafigny, Mme de (Françoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt), 1695-1758.
Display Date
[1739] Jan. 17.
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.
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
Expressing concern over a delay in the postal service; discussing a financial affair; saying that [Emilie] du Châtelet is expecting visitors; asking him to run errands for her; mentioning playing "trictrac."
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