BIB_ID
296922
Accession number
MA 2287.34
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
[1748].
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1964.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 11.1 cm
Notes
Besterman indicates letter was probably written in France or Belgium, sometime in the spring or summer of 1748. --Cf. Besterman, v. 2, p. 199.
Part of a large collection of letters from Madame du Châtelet to the Marquis de Saint Lambert, Charles Augustin de Ferriol, comte d'Argental, the Marquise de Boufflers, the Duc de Richelieu and others. Items in the collection are described in separate records; see MA 2287 for more information.
Part of a large collection of letters from Madame du Châtelet to the Marquis de Saint Lambert, Charles Augustin de Ferriol, comte d'Argental, the Marquise de Boufflers, the Duc de Richelieu and others. Items in the collection are described in separate records; see MA 2287 for more information.
Provenance
Alfred Morrison.
Summary
Asking for his forgiveness about last evening; hoping he will ignore her faults; telling him she is sending tea and broth; giving instructions on how to consume them; hoping to visit after dinner.
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