BIB_ID
373932
Accession number
MA 752.3
Creator
Maintenon, Madame de, 1635-1719.
Display Date
[1692] June 12.
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Acquired before 1922.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 22.4 cm
Notes
Added to this volume in 1922.
Addressed to "Monsieur le Mareschal de Bellefonds."
Endorsed: "Lettre de Madame de Maintenon à Monsieur le Maréchal. 92."; year is from this endorsement.
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.
With seal.
Addressed to "Monsieur le Mareschal de Bellefonds."
Endorsed: "Lettre de Madame de Maintenon à Monsieur le Maréchal. 92."; year is from this endorsement.
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.
With seal.
Summary
Writing of the defeat at the La Hogue which prevented the landing of James II in England; explaining that "le roy et la Reyne d'Angleterre rentrent dans leur malheureuse condition [...] Dieu veut en faire de grands saints"; explaining that "notre Roy" [Louis XIV] remains calm and works tirelessly "pour l'estat."
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