BIB_ID
288033
Accession number
MA 6787.23
Creator
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
Display Date
1777 May 11.
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The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection. Gift of the Heineman Foundation, 1977.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 19.1 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
Musing on morality and honesty; disagreeing with her; arguing that honesty feeds on people's esteem and that people should encourage and recognize honesty if they wish it to endure.
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