BIB_ID
288038
Accession number
MA 6787.25
Creator
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
Display Date
1777 May 16.
Credit line
The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection. Gift of the Heineman Foundation, 1977.
Description
1 item (3 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.
The date is in Madame de Godeville's hand.
Provenance
The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection.
Summary
Praising her letters; mentioning a visit from a priest asking for alms; saying that he is a libertine if libertine means "partisan de la liberté"; reflecting that with him she is sweet and attentive instead of mocking; noting that he wants to be her "indulgent confessor"; musing on the act of making love.
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