Autograph letter from Françoise Paule Huguet de Graffigny [née d’Issembourg Du Buisson d’Happoncourt] to François Antoine Devaux, dated ‘le lundi soir’ [22 December 1738] [D1704]

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CMV35266

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MA 3936.9, ‘Autograph letter : [Cirey, near Joinville], to François Antoine Devaux, [1738 Dec. 22].’

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Autograph letter from Françoise Paule Huguet de Graffigny [née d’Issembourg Du Buisson d’Happoncourt] to François Antoine Devaux, dated ‘le lundi soir’ [22 December 1738] [D1704]

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Incipit Diplomatic:

Je viens d’expédier le soin de mon empire, / Et le reste du jour sera tout à Zaïre.

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Autograph letter from Françoise Paule Huguet de Graffigny [née d’Issembourg Du Buisson d’Happoncourt] to François Antoine Devaux, dated ‘le lundi soir’ [22 December 1738].

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2 pp.

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Height: 226 mm

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History

Date:

le lundi soir’ [22 December 1738]

Ownership:

Owned by Sir Thomas Phillips.

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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