BIB_ID
297229
Accession number
MA 2287.80
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
[1749 Jan.?].
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1964.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 13.7 cm
Notes
Dated "jeudi à 4 heures après minuit"; 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 virtuous she is; referring to the Vicomte's successful scheme to keep her away from Saint-Lambert; telling him that she is crying over his infidelity and needs to hear him say he loves her.
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