Transcriber's Note

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Two incorrect index sub-entries for Beaumarchais have been corrected:
jealousies aroused against — page changed from 6 to 304
judged by parliament Maupeou — page changed from 24 to 100

P.A. CARON DE BEAUMARCHAIS

BEAUMARCHAIS
And the War of
American Independence

ELIZABETH S. KITE

Diplôme d’instruction Primaire-Supérieure, Paris, 1905 Member of the Staff of the Vineland Research Laboratory

WITH A FOREWORD BY

JAMES M. BECK

Author of “The Evidence in the Case”

TWO VOLUMES
VOLUME TWO
ILLUSTRATED

BOSTON
RICHARD G. BADGER
THE GORHAM PRESS

“The faith of a believer is a spring to which uncertain convictions yield; this was the case of Beaumarchais with the King in the cause of American Independence.”

Gaillardet, in Le Chevalier d’Eon.

BEAUMARCHAISAnd the War ofAmerican Independence

BEAUMARCHAIS
And the War of
American Independence