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Autograph letter : [Cirey, near Joinville], to François Antoine Devaux, [1739] Jan. 26.

BIB_ID
295313
Accession number
MA 3936.25
Creator
Grafigny, Mme de (Françoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt), 1695-1758.
Display Date
[1739] Jan. 26.
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
Asking after her friends; bemoaning the fact that her mail is being tampered with; recommending that he not visit Cirey; requesting that he correspond with her via [Jacques-François Du Raget de] Champbonin; considering leaving.