BIB_ID
294472
Accession number
MA 6787.51
Creator
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
Display Date
1777 July 2.
Credit line
The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection. Gift of the Heineman Foundation, 1977.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.7 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
Saying he will read her letter en route; urging her to follow Lenoir's advice if she wants to be right over her uncles; pointing out the benefits of not being the object of gossip; wishing her to be once again considered a respectable woman; pondering the choice between respectability and sensual pleasure; thanking her for sending him a miniature which reminded him of a good time; musing about love.
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