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Autograph letter : place not specified, to Jean François, marquis de Saint-Lambert, [1748 Sept. 5].

BIB_ID
297227
Accession number
MA 2287.78
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
[1748 Sept. 5].
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1964.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 21.3 cm
Notes
Dated "ce jeudi à midi"; 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.
Provenance
Alfred Morrison.
Summary
Giving him an account of what was said between her, the Vicomte, and Mme. de B. [Boufflers?] regarding her departure; asking him to stop his deceptive correspondence with Mme. de Boufflers; wondering what he had written to cause Mme. de Boufflers to tear up his letter.