Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence, Vol. 2Kite, Elizabeth Sarah
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Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence, Vol. 2
Kite, Elizabeth Sarah
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, French
victimized by widow of father, i. 247
warns ministers of English spies, ii. 132
writes angry letter to Janot de Miron, i. 117, 118
writes de Francy, ii. 157
writes for the _Morning Chronicle_, ii. 73
writes to Vergennes regarding America, ii. 31
Beaumarchais, Julie de,
accuses brother of levity, i. 121
after the terror, ii. 265ff.
as authoress, i. 79
attacked by Goëzman, i. 236
describes family love making, i. 115
literary aptitudes of, i. 236
maliciousness of, i. 131
writes tenderly to brother, i. 128
Beaumarchais, Madame de, i. 36, ii. 240
beauty of, ii. 247
imprisoned at Port-Royal, ii. 262
protests decree of Revolutionary Tribunal, ii. 258
Bertrand, le grand, i. 236
attacks Beaumarchais, i. 227
Bigelow, Hon. John, i. 36
comments on letter of de Francy, ii. 168
defends memory of Beaumarchais, ii. 138
Blache, Comte de la, i. 165
appeals to the parliament Maupeou, i. 177
brought Beaumarchais before tribunal at Aix, ii. 173
contests settlement, i. 167
lawsuit of, ii. 101
Boisgarnier, Jeanne Marguerite de, i. 79
courted by Janot de Miron, i. 116
death of, i. 235
marries J. de M., i. 124
plays charades of her brother, i. 142
Bon Secours,
Mlle. Eugénie attends convent of, ii. 248
Bonvouloir,
instructions to, i. 30, ii. 37
Brenellerie, Gudin de la,
_Historie de Beaumarchais_, i. 36
Breteuil, M. de,
memoirs to, ii. 218
Buchot,
gives out receipt of Beaumarchais for 1,000,000 livres, ii. 204
Burgoyne,
entrapped at Saratoga, i. 32
news of surrender of, reaches England, ii. 147
surrender of, ii. 145
Caillard,
invents calumnies against Beaumarchais, i. 167
supports the parliament Maupeou, i. 176
Calumny,
as described by Basil, i. 278
Campo Formio,
treaty of, ii. 282
Canada,
“_le point jaloux_,” ii. 37
Cape Henry,
Battle of, i. 33
Carmichaël, Wm., ii. 161
returns to America, ii. 196
writes to Beaumarchais, ii. 196
Caron, André-Charles, i. 45
Caron, le père,
courts Madame Henry, i. 122, 123
death of, i. 247
devotion to son, i. 82
letter of, i. 46ff.
marries second time, i. 124
marries third time, i. 246
meets the Princesses, i. 61
retires from business, i. 78
Caron, Marie Louise,
settles in Spain, i. 80
Caron, Pierre-August,
assumes name of Beaumarchais, i. 59
becomes inmate of palace of Versailles, i. 58
born, i. 43
_contrôleur clerc d’office_, i. 57
devotes himself to study, i. 57
escapades of i. 45
_horloger du roi_, i. 53
invention crowned by Academy, i. 52
marries widow, i. 58
“_Maudite musique_” denounced by father, i. 48
petitions Royal Academy of Sciences, i. 51
wife of, dies, i. 58
writes _Le Mercure_, i. 49
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