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Autograph letter : [Paris], to Madame de Godeville, 1777 May 3.

BIB_ID
288010
Accession number
MA 6787.17
Creator
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
Display Date
1777 May 3.
Credit line
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.
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.