Autograph letter from Léopold Desmarest and Françoise Paule Huguet de Graffigny [née d’Issembourg Du Buisson d’Happoncourt] to François Antoine Devaux, written from Vandeuvre-sur-Barse and dated ‘ce mercredy des Cendres’ [11 February 1739]

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CMV35246

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MA 3936.2, ‘Autograph letter : Vendeuvre-sur-Barse, to François Antoine Devaux, [1739 Feb. 11].’

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Autograph letter from Léopold Desmarest and Françoise Paule Huguet de Graffigny [née d’Issembourg Du Buisson d’Happoncourt] to François Antoine Devaux, written from Vandeuvre-sur-Barse and dated ‘ce mercredy des Cendres’ [11 February 1739]

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Sont comparus ce soir, au lieu susdit, la dame de Graffigny et le sieur Desmarestz, roulans leur vie parmi les bouës et les cahos

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Brief Summary:

Autograph letter from Léopold Desmarest and Françoise Paule Huguet de Graffigny [née d’Issembourg Du Buisson d’Happoncourt] to François Antoine Devaux, written from Vandeuvre-sur-Barse and dated ‘ce mercredy des Cendres’ [11 February 1739].

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2 pp.

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Height: 247 mm

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History

Date:

ce mercredy des Cendres’ [11 February 1739]

Ownership:

Owned by Sir Thomas Phillips.

Origin (transcript):

Vandœuvre

Provenance:

Purchased by the Morgan Library in 1978 with the Fellows Fund.

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024