BIB_ID
294492
Accession number
MA 6787.60
Creator
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
Display Date
1777 July 23.
Credit line
The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection. Gift of the Heineman Foundation, 1977.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.2 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
Acknowledging he received the lighter she sent him; noting that every time he uses it, it will remind him of her; explaining that he has no great personal fortune and that he is only the fund manager for a company; stressing that he will never take it upon himself to borrow money from the company to help a friend; stating that in the past he only lent his own money to friends; telling her that at the moment he does not have the large sum she needs; offering to lend her a much smaller amount; noting that he loves her and will see her tomorrow.
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