BIB_ID
374103
Accession number
MA 752.18
Creator
Maintenon, Madame de, 1635-1719.
Display Date
1718 June 5.
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 19.5 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Monsieur l'Archevesque / de Rouen a Rouen."
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 postmark ("DEVERSAILLES") and seal; place of writing is from postmark.
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 postmark ("DEVERSAILLES") and seal; place of writing is from postmark.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. before 1913.
Summary
Writing of religious unrest and possible "schisme" that no one wishes to acknowledge; mentioning the Cardinal de Rohan [Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan]; expressing doubt about the future and unhappiness with her continued health.
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