BIB_ID
297246
Accession number
MA 2287.90
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
[1749 Apr.] 17.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1964.
Description
1 item (5 p., with address) ; 19 cm
Notes
Dated "ce jeudi 17, à Trianon"; 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
Discussing Mme. de Boufflers's letter and the affair of the grenadiers; reprimanding him for his selfish demands regarding her delivery; telling him about the strength of her friendship with Mme. de Boufflers in this difficult period of her life (yet also alluding to his affair with her); saying that she does not think he will get the post in Pimont though she thinks he should continue to try.
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