BIB_ID
297244
Accession number
MA 2287.89
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
[1749 Apr.?] 12.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1964.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.4 cm
Notes
Dated "dimanche 12"; Besterman dates this letter to Apr. 13, 1749, however neither April 12 nor 13 was a Sunday in 1749.
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
Discussing her health, her feelings for him, and her fear of losing him; giving him an account of the grenadiers; asking him to inform her of his decision regarding this military matter; discussing other regiments, his affairs in Lunéville and Nanci, and the prospect of giving birth in Lunéville.
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