BIB_ID
297199
Accession number
MA 2287.58
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
1748 May 23.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1964.
Description
1 item (8 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.
Provenance
Alfred Morrison.
Summary
Assuring him of her love; mentioning that delay in the post affected their correspondence; saying she is overjoyed for taking precedence over his trip to Tuscany; asking him to send her a tender letter to atone for the one he sent on the 20th; discussing their portraits and the negotiations for the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle [October 18, 1748]; making plans to see him.
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