BIB_ID
294493
Accession number
MA 6787.61
Creator
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
Display Date
1777 July 27.
Credit line
The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection. Gift of the Heineman Foundation, 1977.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.5 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.
This letter was received "Samedi matin."
The date is in Madame de Godeville's hand.
This letter was received "Samedi matin."
Provenance
The Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection.
Summary
Resenting her for bringing up Mme Ponced and suggesting that he is refusing to help her financially; saying he is sending her the paper and the 23 Louis she asked for; expressing confusion and distress; noting that he has been cursing love, women, jealousy, and his own foolishness for being torn between two women when he should be focusing on his affairs; feeling ashamed of himself and his current situation.
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