Joséphine BAKER prepares for her wedding at the Château de Milandes. 1947.

Josephine BAKER (1906.1975)

Autograph letter signed to Valentine Fauchier Magnan.

Two octavo pages on paper with serrated edges.

At the top of his Vesigondine residence Le Beau Chêne .

Milandes Castle. March 8 [1947]

“Tell me you still love me and haven’t forgotten me.”

Josephine Baker prepares for her wedding to Jo Bouillon at the Château des Milandes.

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"My dearest, I am in a quiet place convalescing where I am enjoying the days and days, and where I am quietly preparing my wedding with Jo Bouillon around the middle of April, but quite simply, without ceremony, alas I will be deprived of my friends because the doctors forbid it, we still need calm, it is true that I am in a village and friends would not find it funny to come.

My darling , write me a note, tell me that you still love me and that you haven't forgotten me. How is your husband? I send you a big kiss, my darling Val, as I love you, your Joséphine. Château de Milandes, Castelnaud Fayrac.

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Josephine Baker rented the Château des Milandes from 1937 before purchasing it ten years later. In 1947, she married Jo Bouillon in the château chapel.

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For easier reading, we have corrected J. Baker's spelling.