Record ID:
157767
Accession number:
MA 2287.7
Credit:
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1964.
Description:
1 item (7 p.) ; 19.4 cm
Notes:
Part of a large collection of letters from Madame du Châtelet to the Marquis de Saint Lambert, Charles Augustin de Ferriol, comte d'Argental, the Marquise de Boufflers, the Duc de Richelieu and others. Items in the collection are described in separate records; see MA 2287 for more information.
Summary:
Saying how much she misses him, Voltaire, and Mme. de Richelieu; telling him that the rules of polite society prevent her from expressing her feelings towards him more emphatically; discussing her friendship for him; saying she has been seeing Mme. de Brancas a lot since he departed.
Provenance:
Alfred Morrison.
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