BIB_ID
297263
Accession number
MA 2287.98
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
[1749 June] 7.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1964.
Description
1 item (8 p.) ; 18.4 cm
Notes
Dated "ce samedi 7"; 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
Telling him about the day she spent with her dear friend Mme. de Boufflers; saying how the latter assured her of his love for her (Mme. du Châtelet); reporting the conversation she had with Mme. de Boufflers about the Vicomte; discussing the Marquise de Bassompierre; saying she showed his portrait to Mme. de Boufflers.
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