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Autograph letter : [Cirey, near Joinville], to François Antoine Devaux, [1739] Jan. 24.

BIB_ID
295312
Accession number
MA 3936.24
Creator
Grafigny, Mme de (Françoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt), 1695-1758.
Display Date
[1739] Jan. 24.
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
Informing him of the state of her health; discussing unsealed and delayed mail; talking about [Léopold] Desmarest and [Jean-Baptiste] Cognel; saying that she enjoys hearing about life at court; musing about friendship.