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CAMPAN Jeanne Louise Genet, Madame (1752-1822)
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CAMPAN Jeanne Louise Genet, Madame (1752-1822)
2 L.A.S. "G.C." and "G. Campan", 1802 and n.d., to Count Trophime-
Gérard de LALLY-TOLENDAL| 7 pages and a half in-4, and 3 pages small in-4 with erection.
Evocation of his memories on MARIE-ANTOINETTE.
January 15, 1802. The project of the good M. WEBER [Milk Brother of Marie-Antoinette
: Memoires concernant Marie-Antoinette, 3 vols. London, 1804-1809] touched him: "He meets with the one whom my heart has formed for a long time. I, too, will place on the palette of history true and pure colors, and which a hand more skillful than mine will later come to use to paint the noble, touching and generous character of the unfortunate and illustrious Marie-Antoinette", but she wants to devote herself to the "instruction of youth", and these memoirs will appear after her death| then we will know the importance of the services she had the good fortune to render to her mistress and benefactress.
"Mr. Weber was in the
Queen's apartments almost every day. He was familiar with her inner habits": needlework, maternal care, solitary walks... "The inconceivable history of the Necklace, must also be known to him, he knows as well as I do that the Queen never spoke to Mde LA MOTTE, did not even see this famous intriguing woman by the nature of the plot she had heard"... She wishes Weber to do justice to the servants of the chamber, people who "without pride, without hope, even by the sacrifice of their days to find a name in the future, were capable of the greatest devotion"...
The marriage of his pupil Hortense de BEAUHARNAIS made him see the First
Consul: "He spoke to me as usual about Eliza and on your return, I asked him if he had read your last work, he answered that he had not had time to do so"... She quotes to Eliza's father from her daughter's remarks about her preference for literature and pleasure reading| she hopes to see her "better place her tastes when she consults her reason"... The English "school books" he has sent her for her li
2 L.A.S. "G.C." and "G. Campan", 1802 and n.d., to Count Trophime-
Gérard de LALLY-TOLENDAL| 7 pages and a half in-4, and 3 pages small in-4 with erection.
Evocation of his memories on MARIE-ANTOINETTE.
January 15, 1802. The project of the good M. WEBER [Milk Brother of Marie-Antoinette
: Memoires concernant Marie-Antoinette, 3 vols. London, 1804-1809] touched him: "He meets with the one whom my heart has formed for a long time. I, too, will place on the palette of history true and pure colors, and which a hand more skillful than mine will later come to use to paint the noble, touching and generous character of the unfortunate and illustrious Marie-Antoinette", but she wants to devote herself to the "instruction of youth", and these memoirs will appear after her death| then we will know the importance of the services she had the good fortune to render to her mistress and benefactress.
"Mr. Weber was in the
Queen's apartments almost every day. He was familiar with her inner habits": needlework, maternal care, solitary walks... "The inconceivable history of the Necklace, must also be known to him, he knows as well as I do that the Queen never spoke to Mde LA MOTTE, did not even see this famous intriguing woman by the nature of the plot she had heard"... She wishes Weber to do justice to the servants of the chamber, people who "without pride, without hope, even by the sacrifice of their days to find a name in the future, were capable of the greatest devotion"...
The marriage of his pupil Hortense de BEAUHARNAIS made him see the First
Consul: "He spoke to me as usual about Eliza and on your return, I asked him if he had read your last work, he answered that he had not had time to do so"... She quotes to Eliza's father from her daughter's remarks about her preference for literature and pleasure reading| she hopes to see her "better place her tastes when she consults her reason"... The English "school books" he has sent her for her li