BIB_ID
297183
Accession number
MA 2287.53
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
[1749 Feb. 15?].
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1964.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 22 cm
Notes
Dated "samedi au soir 2 heures et demi"; 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.
With seal.
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.
With seal.
Provenance
Alfred Morrison.
Summary
Saying she has been busy attending to her affairs and working on her book; commenting on her sense of despair when thinking of him; asking for his portrait.
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