Autograph letter : [Cirey, near Joinville], to François Antoine Devaux, 1739 Feb. 2.

Record ID: 
295318
Accession number: 
MA 3936.28
Author: 
Grafigny, Mme de (Françoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt), 1695-1758.
Date: 
1739 Feb. 2.
Credit: 
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1978.
Description: 
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm
Notes: 

Part of a collection of 32 letters from Madame de Graffigny to François Antoine Devaux. Letters in the collection are described individually (MA 3936.1-32).
With seal.

Summary: 

Informing him of [Léopold] Desmarest's arrival; telling him about her daily activities; mentioning playing in Voltaire's [Le Grand] Boursoufle, Zaire, L'enfant prodigue and [Charles Rivière Dufresny's] L'Esprit de contradiction; saying that [Marie Boesnier] Babaud offered her a room; musing on happiness.

Provenance: 
From the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps.