BIB_ID
288010
Accession number
MA 6787.17
Creator
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
Display Date
1777 May 3.
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The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection. Gift of the Heineman Foundation, 1977.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 21.4 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
Pointing out how changeable she is: one day she is furious and wants to strangle him, and the next day she sends him "the most agreeable hymn to love"; saying he will take her as Heaven sends her; telling her in the syntax of the Hail Mary that she is the most charming of women.
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