BIB_ID
373968
Accession number
MA 752.7
Creator
Maintenon, Madame de, 1635-1719.
Display Date
1709 July 20.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.5 cm
Notes
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.
Possibly to Claude-Maur d-Aubigné.
Possibly to Claude-Maur d-Aubigné.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. before 1913.
Summary
Writing that the addressee's previous letter made her uneasy, and commenting that she believes that "vostre intendant" will soon be removed from his position; explaining that she contacted Mme la princesse d'Harcourt [Marie-Françoise de Brancas] regarding a favor that the recipient of the letter wishes to do, concerning a priest; writing that she has written to M. [Louis Phélypeaux, marquis] de la Vrillière on behalf of "vostre premier president," forgetting that this was against the interests of M. de Luxembourg, noting that her haste makes her forget important aspects of a situation; recounting that M. [Paul Godet des Marais, évêque?] de Chartres will arrive Wednesday or Thursday.
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