BIB_ID
294468
Accession number
MA 6787.48
Creator
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
Display Date
1777 June 26.
Credit line
The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection. Gift of the Heineman Foundation, 1977.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.8 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
Telling her she is naïve and that she should not fall for Eon's mockery; referring to Eon's lawsuit with Theveneau de Morande; admitting that Eon did and still could harm him but that he does not feel frightened; finding interesting the name of Eon's herald; saying that Eon usurped Madame de Godeville's identity but that she did it so crudely that she has nothing to fear; telling her not to worry about him and that Eon will not affect his spirit.
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