BIB_ID
297239
Accession number
MA 2287.85
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
[1749] Apr. 3.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1964.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.3 cm
Notes
A note in du Châtelet's hand explains that this is a copy; this copy was probably enclosed in MA 2287.86, a letter with the same date to Jean François, marquis de Saint-Lambert.
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
Sharing the secret of her pregnancy with her; expressing her wish to give birth in Lunéville; describing her physical state and commenting on the absurdity of being pregnant at 40; sharing her apprehension that the delivery may lead to her death; saying that there is no place she would rather be than beside her.
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