Letter from Gabrielle Émilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise Du Châtelet-Lomont to Françoise d’Issembourg d’Happoncourt de Graffigny, dating to c.27 May 1738 [D1511]
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CMV33768
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MS 120.7
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Letter from Gabrielle Émilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise Du Châtelet-Lomont to Françoise d’Issembourg d’Happoncourt de Graffigny, dating to c.27 May 1738 [D1511]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
il est tres vray que iay fait le projet de v[ou]s garder cet hiver et ie men fais vn grand plaisir Madame, ie suis cependant pas trop en etat de faire des projets agreables, ie suis dans vne inquietude mortelle de mr. de voltaire qui est dans son lit avec vne grosse fieure, ainsi cela rendra ma lettre tres triste et tres courte.
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Brief Summary:
Letter from Gabrielle Émilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise Du Châtelet-Lomont to Françoise d’Issembourg d’Happoncourt de Graffigny, dating to c.27 May 1738.
Detailed Summary:
Du Châtelet writes that she had planned to babysit de Graffigny this winter but that she is in no state to be pleasant because she is anxious about Voltaire who is in bed with a heavy fever. As such, she writes, her letter will be very sad and very short. She notes that de Graffigny is interested in Du Châtelet’s news and claims that her health does not matter to her but that she is well. Du Châtelet informs de Graffigny that Mme de Richelieu has written her a friendly letter, believing her to be staying with Du Châtelet. She concludes by telling de Graffigny that Mme de Chatelleraut told her that she is very fat and very handsome, that she is doing well, and that she is leaving for Languedoc. She signs off the letter asking de Graffigny to love and pity her.
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1 f.
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200 x 142 mm
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2
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The paper is watermarked with the lower portion of a crest, the majority of which is missing due to the paper being cut.
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The paper is countermarked with the initials ‘VR’.
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The MS features a series of fold lines. There is an area of damage to the bottom left-hand corner. There are five small holes in the MS, some of which may have been caused by a pin. The edges of the pages are gilded in gold.
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A second hand has added a note at the top of the page naming the sender and the recipient of the letter. Three small diagonal dashes have been added between l.10 and 11.
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