BIB_ID
297225
Accession number
MA 2287.76
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.) ; 10.6 cm
Notes
Dated "à 2 heures et demie"; 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 that she promised to give King Stanislas [Blaise Pascal's] Les Provinciales; asking him to make sure to bring Les Provinciales; longing to see him; sharing her aspiration to spend the rest of her life beside him.
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