BIB_ID
297291
Accession number
MA 2287.104
Creator
Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise, 1706-1749.
Display Date
[1749 Apr. 21?].
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1964.
Description
1 item (15 p.) ; 19.4 cm
Notes
Dated "lundi"; 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 his affairs, the regiment of Tianges, and the paper she received from him; saying she wants to give birth by his side, in Lorraine; reproaching him for his short and sporadic letters; commenting on Mme. de Boufflers's nature; detailing her daily activities; stressing the importance of finishing her book in the light of her potential death in childbirth; commenting on his portrait and on King Stanislas of Poland.
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