BIB_ID
287972
Accession number
MA 6787.3
Creator
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
Display Date
1777 Mar. 28.
Credit line
The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection. Gift of the Heineman Foundation, 1977.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 19 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 106 letters from Beaumarchais to Madame de Godeville. The letters are described in individual records (MA 6787.1-106).
The date is in Madame de Godeville's hand.
With seal.
The date is in Madame de Godeville's hand.
With seal.
Provenance
The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection.
Summary
Chiding her for distracting him from his work and referring to her as a "tentateur obstiné" and a "séducteur dangereux"; lamenting that he belongs to another woman and can't offer Madame de Godeville more than part of his time even though she deserves his undivided attention; asking her to tell her servant not to mention her name when he delivers her letters.
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