BIB_ID
294476
Accession number
MA 6787.54
Creator
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
Display Date
1777 July 8.
Credit line
The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection. Gift of the Heineman Foundation, 1977.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.1 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
Assessing verses she wrote; recalling his own difficulty when composing a poem inspired by Voltaire's Candide; stating that the end goal of "pleasant art" is to delight, entertain, and interest; reciprocating her trust by sending her an important paper.
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