BIB_ID
297226
Accession number
MA 2287.77
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
[1748 Sept. 1].
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1964.
Description
1 item (6 p.) ; 21.3 cm
Notes
Dated "Dimanche à 2 heures, je l'ai commencée à 11 h."; 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
Saying how his letter lifted her spirits; telling him about her fears of staying at Plombières; comparing the different ways in which she and her lover are coping with their separation; mentioning that the King [Stanislas] wrote her a charming letter from Comerci.
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