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Autograph letter signed : Tournay, to Monsieur d'Aubigné, 1673 June 16.

BIB_ID
373926
Accession number
MA 752.2
Creator
Maintenon, Madame de, 1635-1719.
Display Date
1673 June 16.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 22.3 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Monsieur de St. Quentin commandant / a Campen pour faire tenir a / Monsieur d'Aubigny Gouverneur / d'Elbourg a Elbourg / A Campen."
Letter written to Charles d'Aubigné, brother of Madame de Maintenon.
Numbered "8" in upper right and left corners.
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed from Madame de Maintenon to various relatives and friends. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 752 for details.
Signed as "F. D'Aubigny."
With trace of a seal.
Writing that M. [François-Michel Le Tellier, marquis] de Louvois has told her that Amsfort would be abandoned and that they would have another government; expressing worry about a siege of the French troops and hoping for peace to arrive soon; hoping to see him in Paris; explaining that "la citadelle de Tournay" is not interesting enough to allow her to write pleasantly about it; writing that she is well and very happy, and that she does not see many people.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. before 1913.