BIB_ID
297232
Accession number
MA 2287.82
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
[1749 Apr. 8?].
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1964.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.4 cm
Notes
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 that she is feeling desperate because she is not at his bedside now that he is ill; telling him that she is no longer angry with him; noting that she feels hurt that he refers to his love for her in the past tense; sharing her suspicion that her mail to him has been tampered with; mentioning her pregnancy; worrying that he wants to break up with her.
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