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Creator:: From the Collection: Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895-1979
Published / Created:: [1700s]
Call Number:: LWL MSS 11
Container / Volume:: Box 9, folder 21
Image Count:: 35
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > W. S. Lewis Collection of Marie du Deffand (LWL MSS 11) > Series III: Other Papers > Identified Authors > Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784 > "Pensées philosophique"

Creator:: Du Deffand, Marie de Vichy Chamrond, marquise, 1697-1780
Call Number:: LWL MSS 11
Image Count:: 164
Abstract:: Manuscript copies in multiple hands, of 62 letters to or by Madame du Deffand, primarily letters from du Deffand to the duchesse du Choiseul; also two letters to Horace Walpole. The letters primarily concern social subject such as dinners, news of fr...
Description:: Marie Anne de Vichy Chamrond, marquise du Deffand (1697-1780), was married at 21 to her kinsman, Jean Baptiste de la Lande, marquis du Deffand. The marriage resulted in a separation as early as 1722. However, her intelligence, cynicism, and wit gained...
Subject (Geographic):: France and United States
Subject (Name):: Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792., Choiseul Stainville, Louise Honorine Crozat, duchesse de, 1734-1801., Du Deffand, Marie de Vichy Chamrond, marquise, 1697-1780., Le Vayer de Boutigny, Roland, 1627-1685, Sainte-Aulaire, Joseph Louis Camille de Beaupoil, Marquis, 1798-1819., and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic):: Nobility, Social life and customs, and History
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Letters, 1737-1780