Autograph letter from Françoise Paule Huguet de Graffigny [née d’Issembourg Du Buisson d’Happoncourt] to François Antoine Devaux, written from Cirey and dated 4 December [1738] [D1675]

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CMV35247

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MA 3936.4, ‘Autograph letter : Cirey [near Joinville], to François Antoine Devaux, [1738] Dec. 4.’

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Autograph letter from Françoise Paule Huguet de Graffigny [née d’Issembourg Du Buisson d’Happoncourt] to François Antoine Devaux, written from Cirey and dated 4 December [1738] [D1675]

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Content

Incipit Diplomatic:

Tu sautes de joye à la datte de cette lettre et tu dis, ah mon dieu elle est à Cirei et comment cela c’est il fait, par quel chemin, par quelle avanture?

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Autograph letter from Françoise Paule Huguet de Graffigny [née d’Issembourg Du Buisson d’Happoncourt] to François Antoine Devaux, written from Cirey and dated 4 December [1738].

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3 pp.

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Height: 226 mm

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History

Date:

4 December [1738]

Ownership:

Owned by Sir Thomas Phillips.

Origin (transcript):

Cirei

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