BIB_ID
297286
Accession number
MA 2287.103
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
[1749 June 10?].
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1964.
Description
1 item (10 p., with address) ; 18.4 cm
Notes
Dated "dimanche"; 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.
With seal.
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.
With seal.
Provenance
Alfred Morrison.
Summary
Saying that no one, not even Mme. de Boufflers, can keep her away from him; stressing the importance of finishing her book; pledging her love to him; mentioning that some of his letters have gone missing; asking him to go to Comerci at the earliest opportunity.
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