SÉVIGNÉ Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de [Paris, 1626 – - Lot 105

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SÉVIGNÉ Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de [Paris, 1626 – - Lot 105
SÉVIGNÉ Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de [Paris, 1626 – Château de Grignan, Drôme, 1696], French woman of letters. Autograph letter signed “M. de Rabutin Chantal” addressed [to Jean d’Herigoyen]. Saturday, February 15, 1687; 3 pages, in-8°. Letter to her business agent regarding her estate at Le Buron. “I have instructed you to carry out the necessary repairs; it would be strange indeed to leave the mills and the farmstead in such a state that they are of no use to us—you may be sure that is not my intention, You will also draw up reports on the condition of the property, but I would like this to be done at the lowest possible cost, for the more you charge La Jarye [her tenant farmer], the less I will receive.” She recommends sending 1,300 francs to Mr. d’Harous (her principal creditor). “You are writing to me from the year 86; you know how to have the sums forwarded to me as you receive them.” She explains how to send them to him.
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