BIB_ID
373962
Accession number
MA 752.4
Creator
Maintenon, Madame de, 1635-1719.
Display Date
[1674-1703?] Nov. 11.
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 18.9 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Monsieur le Comte / d'Aubigné rue d'Enfer / pres des chartreux a Paris."
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.
The letter is signed "Maintenon"; Françoise d'Aubigné began to use this name at some point after she purchased an estate at Maintenon in 1674.
The letter must have been written before her brother's death in 1703.
With trace of a seal.
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.
The letter is signed "Maintenon"; Françoise d'Aubigné began to use this name at some point after she purchased an estate at Maintenon in 1674.
The letter must have been written before her brother's death in 1703.
With trace of a seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. before 1913.
Summary
Praising the family and children of M. d'Aubigné; writing that Mme. d'Aubigné is ill because of bad food; inviting M. d'Aubigné to visit with his children; asking him to send four francs to Mme. la marquise de Termes for a charity.
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