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Autograph letter signed : Versailles, to Madame de Caylus, [1705] Feb. 22.

BIB_ID
302213
Accession number
MA 258.19
Creator
Maintenon, Madame de, 1635-1719.
Display Date
[1705] Feb. 22.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1896.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 22.2 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and addressed to "Madame / Madame la Comtesse de / Caylus" in Paris.
Part of a large collection of letters from Madame de Maintenon primarily to her niece Mme. la Comtesse de Caylus. See collection-level record for more information.
Year from Leroy and Loyau.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1896.
Summary
Soliciting her to ask the Princess [Anne de Condé] whether she would be comfortable meeting her given the circumstances with her husband; speaking highly of the Princess.