Autograph letter : [Cirey, near Joinville], to François Antoine Devaux, [1739 Feb. 9].

Record ID: 
295324
Accession number: 
MA 3936.31
Author: 
Grafigny, Mme de (Françoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt), 1695-1758.
Date: 
[1739 Feb. 9].
Credit: 
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1978.
Description: 
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm
Notes: 

Dated "le lundi gras"; the exact date is from Showalter's edition of Madame de Graffigny's letters.
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: 

Telling him about her daily activities; asking him on behalf of Voltaire to show an attached letter in Lunéville [from Marguerite-Madeleine Du Moutier Maignard de Bernières]; discussing her apprehension about an upcoming journey.

Provenance: 
From the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps.