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Letter from Marie-Thérèse-Amélie Caron de Beaumarchais, Paris?, to Monsieur Blin, 1811 March 27 : autograph manuscript signed.

Accession number
PML 140189.3
Creator
Beaumarchais, Marie-Thérèse-Amélie Caron de, 1751-1816, sender.
Published
Paris, France, 1811 March 27.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Year and place of writing from postmark.
Address panel postmarked and addressed: A Monsieur / Monsieur Blin chirurgien/ herniaire Cour du Commerce / Quartier de Bussy f.b. St germain / Paris.
Mounted and bound into a copy of: La folle journée, ou, Le mariage de Figaro / par M. de Beaumarchais ; représentee pour la première fois par les Comédiens français ordinaires du roi, le mardi 27 avril 1784. Kehl : De l'imprimerie de la Société littéraire-typographique, 1785 (PML 140189).
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 19.8 x 12.6 cm
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Addressing him as Chérubin (Cherubino, the count's page in the Marriage of Figaro) and telling him that if he takes much more time to see him, she will be behind in her answer and in the announcement she must make to her friends in Colombier; asking if he has the next-to-last bill for the merchandise sent to Basel, and, If so, stating that she would like him to let her know when she sees him, as there is an error that needs to be corrected that he will understand right away; noting that she would also like the last bill, which she will pay.
Classification
Department