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Autograph letter : Cirey [near Joinville], to Jean François, marquis de Saint-Lambert, [1748] May 1.

BIB_ID
297195
Accession number
MA 2287.56
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
[1748] May 1.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1964.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.9 cm
Notes
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.
Year is from Besterman.
Provenance
Alfred Morrison.
Summary
Discussing at length her love for him; approving of his decision to travel with the Prince; mentioning her upcoming trip with Voltaire.