BIB_ID
296965
Accession number
MA 2287.38
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
[1748 Sept. 2].
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1964.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.6 cm
Notes
Estimated date is from Besterman.
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
Telling him she is sullen and cantankerous because she is not with him; discussing Mme. de Boufflers's every move; worrying that in her absence his love for her has died; saying she will play 'the widow' in [Jean-Joseph Mouret's?] Ragonde.
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