Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence, Vol. 2

by Elizabeth Sarah Kite

INDEX

• Aix,
  • Beaumarchais doubles fine imposed on him at, ii. [174]
  • lawsuit in progress at, ii. [173]
  • recommendations for, ii. [65]
• Alfort,
  • professional school at, i. [45]
• Alliance,
  • open, between America and France, ii. [153]
• Ambassador,
  • English, complains to Vergennes, ii. [120]
  • first French, sent to America, ii. [190], [193]
• America,
  • Cause of, aided by Beaumarchais’s financial training under Du Verney, ii. [78]
  • love of, by French, ii. [35]
  • wild sweet charm of, for Frenchmen, ii. [35]
• Americans,
  • addressed by Beaumarchais from Hamburg, ii. [263]
  • distrusted motives of French, ii. [34]
  • eulogized by Beaumarchais, ii. [43]
  • looked on French as natural enemies, ii. [34]
• America’s,
  • “friend,” final word of, ii. [288], [289]
• Ammunition,
  • from France, i. [31]
• Amphitrite,
  • again sets sail, ii. [131]
  • cargo of, taken by Beaumarchais, ii. [172]
  • errors found in bills of lading of, ii. [155]
  • indiscretion of officers, ii. [136]
  • put in command of Captain, ii. [120]
  • returns to port, ii. [119]
  • sets sail, ii. [116]
  • the vessel of Beaumarchais, ii. [107]
• Angellucci, Guillaume,
  • author of libel, gives written agreement, i. [258]
• Archbishop of Lyon,
  • adopts idea of Beaumarchais, ii. [227]
• Archives, Secret,
  • edited by H. Doniol, i. [36]
• Armament,
  • goes out to America, ii. [192]
• Arnault, M.,
  • Memoirs of, ii. [230], [241]
• Arnold, Benedict, i. [32]
  • gave costly dinners, ii. [194]
  • put in command at Phila, ii. [194]
  • Tory principles fixed, ii. [194]
• Artois, Comte d’,
  • comes to Grennevillier, ii. [216]
  • takes part of Figaro, i. [284]
• August 10th,
  • mob enters house of Beaumarchais, ii. [255]
• Austria, Empress of,
  • sends diamond ring to Beaumarchais, i. [266]
  • Beaumarchais demands audience with, i. [262]
• Barbier de Séville, Le,
• • author of, demands settlement, i. [282]
  • brilliant preface to, i. [275]
  • first performance a failure, i. [273]
  • first prohibition to produce, i. [272]
  • last play staged at Le Petit-Trianon, i. [285]
  • [296] permission granted to perform, i. [273]
  • second performance of, great success, i. [274]
  • story of, i. [276]
• Baron von Steuben,
  • at Valley Forge, i. [32]
  • invoked by Beaumarchais, ii. [247]
• Barry, Mme. du, i. [249]
  • libel against, destroyed, i. [253]
  • sustains Maupeou, i. [175]
• Bastille, ii. [214]
  • opposite house of Beaumarchais, ii. [241]
• Beaumarchais, Caron de, i. [35]
  • activity of, i. [287]
  • addresses daring memoir to King, ii. [46]ff.
  • addresses President of Congress, ii. [203]
  • again faces bankruptcy, ii. [239]
  • anxiety for health of father, i. [99]
  • appeals to La Borde, i. [243]
  • appeals to ministers, ii. [258]
  • arrives in Paris, ii. [77]
  • arrives in Vienna, i. [262]
  • attempts to buy guns, ii. [254]
  • avenges his sister, i. [88]ff.
  • begs M. de Sartine to intercede,
  • begs to read his play to Mesdames, i. [151]
  • buried in garden, ii. [284]
  • bust of, crowned, ii. [287]
  • buys titles of nobility, i. [71]
  • carried in triumph, ii. [101]
  • charity of, arouses enmity, ii. [228]
  • claims of the heirs of, i. [40]
  • commissioned to settle affairs of D’Eon, ii. [18]
  • compared to Grandison, i. [143]
  • compared with Figaro, i. [270]
  • composes popular song, i. [267]
  • composes song on return from Vienna, i. [268]
  • confers with ministers on problems of finance, ii. [111]
  • confined in l’Abbaye, ii. [257]
  • consulted by ministers, i. [254]
  • dares accuse King of false sensibility, ii. [49]
  • death of, ii. [283]
  • déblâmé, ii. [100]
  • defends ancestors, i. [237]
  • defends himself, i. [221]
  • demands account from actors, i. [282]
  • demands aid for America, ii. [58]
  • demands a new censor of his M. de F., ii. [218]
  • demands return of thirty-five louis, i. [75]
  • demands settlement, i. [293]
  • destroys libel against Mme. du Barry, i. [253]
  • destroys libel directed against Queen, i. [256]
  • determines to visit Empress of Austria, i. [260]
  • difficulties of his position, i. [66]
  • directs ministers in regard to recall of Deane, ii. [187]f.
  • disavows du Coudray, ii. [120]
  • discloses plans of secret aid to Lee, ii. [57]
  • distaste for gambling, i. [74]
  • dog, little, of, ii. [286]
  • duel forced upon him, i. [63]
  • enters Secret Service, i. [249]
  • excuses violence of D’Eon, ii. [26]
  • faces bankruptcy, ii. [137]
  • faces ruin, ii. [151]ff.
  • fantastic letter of, to Congress, ii. [92]ff.
  • freed by Manuel, ii. [257]
  • gains lawsuit at Aix, ii. [174]
  • gay life at Madrid, i. [100]ff.
  • generosity of, i. [81], ii. [284]
  • gives Comedians lesson in accounts, i. [295]
  • goes to Spain, i. [84]
  • home life of, recounted by Gudin, i. [72]
  • honorable position at court, i. [105]
  • honored by invitation to Petit-Trianon theatricals, i. [283], ii. [232]
  • humbles himself, i. [199]
  • impatient at delays, ii. [112]
  • imprisoned at St. Lazare, ii. [229]
  • indiscretion of, ii. [115]
  • induces Steuben to go to America, ii. [140], [141]
  • [297] infatuated with Lee, ii. [57]
  • inflamed for cause of liberty, ii. [22]
  • initiated into finance, i. [71]
  • invites authors to dinner, i. [299]
  • jealousies aroused against, i. [304]ff.
  • judged by parliament Maupeou, ii. [100]
  • lawsuit with Comte de le Blache, i. [167]
  • learns he is set aside in aiding America, ii. [149]
  • letter to de Francy, ii. [159]ff.
  • letter to Dubourg, ii. [86]
  • life of, by E. Lintilhac, i. [126]
  • loudly reclaims the fifteen louis, i. [208]
  • made gifts of first two dramas, i. [292]
  • meets Gudin, i. [170]
  • meets her who becomes his third wife, i. [245]
  • meets Madame Lévêque, i. [156]
  • meets Pauline, i. [108]
  • memoirs of, criticised by Lintilhac, i. [215]ff.
  • memoirs to King regarding America, ii. [38]
  • merchant, the, i. [36]
  • more attractive than other men, i. [179]
  • music master to Mesdames, i. [59]
  • nephew of, recommended to care of Congress, ii. [110]
  • objection to card playing, i. [100]
  • pays tuition of pupil, ii. [248]
  • plans to go himself to Santo Domingo, i. [115]
  • plays comédie on stage of life, i. [260]
  • plea of self justification, ii. [243]ff.
  • pleads for Lafayette imprisoned, ii. [281]
  • preparations for voyage to Spain, i. [85]ff.
  • prepares to leave London, ii. [73]
  • private character, i. [172]
  • private life, ii. [240]ff.
  • proudly reclaims rights, i. [200]
  • reads Le Barbier to friends, i. [189]
  • receives written order from King, i. [257]
  • recommends Deane be escorted by fleet, ii. [188]
  • replies to Mlle. Ninon, ii. [181]
  • replies to Lord Rochford, ii. [63], [64]
  • reposes full confidence in Deane, ii. [89]
  • restored to his rights as Citizen, ii. [100]
  • retires to Flanders, i. [243]
  • returns from exile, ii. [273]
  • returns from Spain, i. [103]
  • saved by Mesdames, i. [64]
  • saved by Vergennes, ii. [152]
  • second wife dies, i. [162]
  • secret missions of, i. [249]
  • seeks safety from mob, ii. [254]
  • sends in his règlement de comptes with Pauline, i. [137]
  • sends “ostensible” letter to Vergennes, ii. [41]
  • sends uncle to Santo Domingo, i. [109]
  • sent to For-l’Evêque, i. [191]
  • serious side of education of, i. [144]
  • serves himself through the Ministers, ii. [98], [99]
  • starts for London, i. [252], ii. [44]
  • still pleads for aid to be sent to America, ii. [67]
  • still used by Ministers, ii. [143]ff.
  • stops at Nuremberg, i. [260]
  • tact of, with royal pupils, i. [60]
  • takes Gudin from Temple, ii. [178]
  • thrown into prison, i. [264]
  • touched by child’s letter, answers, i. [202]
  • unites family, i. [83]
  • unable to obtain explanation, ii. [202]
  • uncle dies at Santo Domingo, i. [114]
  • uses attitude of English Lord to gain end, i. [257]
  • victimized by widow of father, i. [247]
  • warns ministers of English spies, ii. [132]
  • [298] 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. [265]ff.
  • 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. [46]ff.
  • 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]
  • [299]
  • 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]
• Chamfort,
  • accepts invitation of Beaumarchais, i. [303]
• Charles I. of England,
  • judicial murder of, i. [161]
• Chartres, duc de,
  • honors Beaumarchais, i. [242]
• Chaulnes, duc de,
  • determines to kill Beaumarchais, i. [183]
  • goes to Louvre to find Beaumarchais, i. [185]
  • sent to Vincennes prison, i. [190]
  • strange character of, i. [179]
• Chevalier du S., i. [115], [129]
  • carries off Pauline, i. [136]
• Chenu, the commissioner,
  • arrests the duc de Chaulnes, i. [188]
  • carries out order of King, ii. [230]
• Chevalier D’Eon,
  • abuses Beaumarchais, ii. [26]
  • agent of Louis XV., ii. [14]
  • declares himself a woman, ii. [19]
  • disguised as woman in St. Petersburg, ii. [15]
  • exiled to London, ii. [14]
  • reasons for change of sex of, ii. [19]
• Chinon,
  • The forest of, i. [159]
• Clavico, Joseph, i. [217]
  • adventures with, i. [91]ff.
  • immolated by Goethe, i. [96]
  • signs declaration, i. [93]
  • successes of i. [96]
• Clôture, compliment de, i. [279]ff.
• Colin d’Harleville,
  • reads discourse over grave of Beaumarchais, ii. [284]
• Collé,
  • replies to Beaumarchais, i. [301], [302]
• Colonists,
  • forbidden to extend settlements, i. [27]
  • had no sympathy with the French, i. [29]
  • turn to France, i. [29]
• Comédie des Italiens,
  • refuses the Barbier, i. [173]
• Comédie française,
  • refused to permit singing, i. [279]
• Comedy,
  • morality of, i. [146]
  • the serious, i. [145]
• Compte rendu,
  • of Beaumarchais, i. [292]
• Condé, Prince of,
  • dispute with Beaumarchais, i. [107]
• Congress,
  • Continental, devoid of power, i. [28]
  • debt of, to Beaumarchais fixed by Deane, ii. [199]
  • disavows all commissions of Deane, ii. [135]
  • draws up contract with agent of Beaumarchais, ii. [163]ff.
  • holds aloft famous receipt, ii. [205]
  • ignores letter of Deane, ii. [193]
  • parties of, reversed, ii. [236]
  • petitioned again and again by French Government, ii. [205]
  • sent Barclay to revise account of Beaumarchais, ii. [200]
  • strange silence of, ii. [202]
  • urged to admit claim, ii. [208]
• Constant, le petit,
  • writes to Beaumarchais in prison, i. [201]
• Conti, Prince de,
  • honors Beaumarchais, i. [242]
• Cordilières,
  • convent of, i. [192]
• Cornwallis,
  • defeat of, i. [33]
• Cotignac,
  • amusing story of, i. [65]
• Coudray, Tronson du,
  • at Metz, ii. [106]
  • fascinates Deane and Beaumarchais, ii. [107]
  • gives pretext of bad weather, ii. [119]
  • good officer, ii. [121]
  • [300] issues pamphlet against Deane and Beaumarchais, ii. [122]
  • openly thwarts plans of Deane and Beaumarchais, ii. [115]
  • placed in command of Amphitrite, ii. [115]
  • unworthy of confidence, ii. [107]
• Counter order revoked, ii. [119]
• Dauphin, i. [60]
• Deane, Silas, i. [37]
• • accompanied by first French Ambassador to America, ii. [190]
  • addresses Beaumarchais, ii. [191]
  • addresses letter to Congress, ii. [193]
  • associated with Arnold, ii. [194]
  • changes date of contract with Lafayette, ii. [134]
  • commended by King, ii. [190]
  • commended by Vergennes, ii. [190]
  • communicates fears to Beaumarchais, ii. [187]
  • compact between Beaumarchais and, ii. [90], [91]
  • defended by Franklin, ii. [186]
  • defended by John Jay, ii. [186]
  • difficult situation of, ii. [171]
  • embarrassing position of, ii. [118]
  • given portrait of King, ii. [189]
  • guest of French Admiral, ii. [193]
  • insists on meeting French Minister, ii. [84]
  • a loyal patriot, ii. [195]
  • manly firmness of, ii. [132]
  • meets Beaumarchais, ii. [87]
  • meets Lafayette with Von Kalb, ii. [134]
  • no traitor, ii. [195]
  • papers of, ii. [187]
  • receives news of his recall, ii. [187]
  • reluctantly signs recommendation of Du Coudray, ii. [121]
  • returns to France, ii. [199]
  • sent by Franklin to Dubourg, ii. [83]
  • sent to Paris, i. [31]
  • signs contract with Lafayette and Von Kalb, ii. [134]
  • starts for France, ii. [69]
  • writes to Congress, ii. [92]
• Delarue, Louis-André-Toussaint,
  • meets family of Beaumarchais, ii. [274]
• Delarue, Mme.
  • gives birth to daughter, ii. [282]
• Des Epinières,
  • Beaumarchais demands he return to post, ii. [131]
  • commended by Gen. Sullivan, ii. [197]
  • nephew of Beaumarchais, i. [80]
  • nephew of Beaumarchais goes to America with Steuben, ii. [142]
  • writes to uncle, ii. [142]
• Diderot,
  • founder of new literary School, i. [148]
  • replies to Beaumarchais, i. [302], [308]
• Doligny, Mlle.,
  • created rôle of Rosine, i. [279]
  • letter of, i. [290]
• Doniol, II.
  • monumental work of, ii. [32]
• Dorat, M., i. [299]
• Dramatic authors,
  • rights of, i. [288]
  • rights of, recognized by Napoleon, i. [307]
• Dubourg, Barbeu,
  • discredits Beaumarchais with Franklin, ii. [85]
  • friend of Franklin, ii. [83]
  • greets Franklin, ii. [117]
  • officious zeal of, ii. [105]
  • tries to discredit Beaumarchais with Vergennes, ii. [84]
• Duras, M. le Maréchal de,
  • confers with Beaumarchais, i. [298]
• Du Verney, Paris,
  • dies, i. [163]
  • tutelage of Beaumarchais under, of use in cause of America, ii. [78]
• England,
• • difficulties of recruiting in, ii. [38]
  • parties in, ii. [33]
• Estaing, Admiral D’,
  • commandeers Le Fier Roderigue, ii. [234]
  • writes to Beaumarchais, ii. [235]
• Eugénie,
  • La vertue malheureuse, i. [149]ff.
  • success in England, i. [149]
• [301] Eugénie, Mlle.,
  • daughter of Beaumarchais, i. [246]
  • marries M. Delarue, ii. [275]
  • returns home, ii. [249]
  • sent to convent school, ii. [248]
  • suitors of, ii. [250]
  • writes to her father, ii. [262]
• Ferrers, Lord,
• • friend of Chev. D’Eon, ii. [25]
• Figaro,
  • creation of, i. [147], [269]
  • creation of, ranks Beaumarchais with Molière, ii. [223]
  • first conception of, i. [271]
• Flanders,
  • Beaumarchais retires to, i. [243]
• Follette, Mlle.,
  • little dog of B., ii. [286]
• For-l’Evêque,
  • Beaumarchais sent to, i. [191]
• France,
  • aid to America openly avowed, i. [33]
  • attitude of, towards America, ii. [35]
  • betrayed, i. [29]
  • disclaims Canada, ii. [37]
  • important rôle played by, i. [33]
  • no intention of claiming part of New World, i. [30]
  • still demurs, ii. [45]
• Francis, Cape,
  • base of mercantile operations with America, ii. [80]
• Francy, Theveneau de,
  • gives impressions, ii. [167]ff.
  • letter to, ii. [132]
  • reports on conditions in America, ii. [156]
  • sets out for America, ii. [154]
  • writes Beaumarchais of Deane’s recall, ii. [156]
• Franklin, Benjamin,
  • arrives in France, i. [116]
  • at Versailles, i. [32]
  • defends Deane in letter to Congress, ii. [186]
  • idol of Paris, ii. [119]
  • intentionally arouses suspicions of French Government, ii. [133]
  • overlooks a million, ii. [201]
  • won over by du Coudray, ii. [121]
  • steadily refuses to treat with Beaumarchais, ii. [142]
  • writes Dubourg, ii. [117]
• French,
  • generosity of, ii. [35]
  • loved America, ii. [35]
  • motives of, distrusted by Americans, ii. [34]
• Fronsac, duc de,
  • wishes to hear Le Mariage de Figaro, ii. [216]
• Gaillardet,
• • life of Chev. D’Eon, ii. [16]
• Garrick,
  • adapts Eugénie to English audience, i. [149]
• Gates, Horatio, i. [32]
  • Congress in favor of, to replace Washington, ii. [193]
• George III.,
  • appealed to by Louis XV., i. [251]
• Gérard, de Rayneval,
  • accompanies Deane, ii. [190]
  • First French Ambassador to America, ii. [195]
• Goethe,
  • reads memoirs of Beaumarchais, i. [231]
  • writes drama Clavico, i. [231]
• Goëzman, Counsellor,
  • accuses Beaumarchais of attempt at corruption, i. [209]
  • aided by Beaumarchais, ii. [286]
  • attacks Julie, i. [236]
  • presided over the parliament Maupeou, i. [177]
• Goëzman, Madame,
  • confrontation of, with Beaumarchais, i. [223]ff.
  • demands two hundred louis, i. [204]
  • demands fifteen louis for the secretary, i. [206]
  • memoir of, i. [222]
  • refuses to return the fifteen louis, i. [207]
• Government,
  • English, redoubles watchfulness, ii. [117]
  • of France, embarrassed by presence
  • of Franklin, ii. [116]
  • of France, slow to move, ii. [36]
• [302] Grand, M.,
  • Banker in Paris, ii. [146]
• Grasse, Comte de,
  • off Cape Henry, i. [33]
• Grennevilliers,
  • festival of, ii. [216]
• Gudin de la Brenellerie,
  • accused of writing memoirs of Beaumarchais, i. [219]
  • alone in house of Beaumarchais, ii. [257]
  • gives account of triumph of Beaumarchais, ii. [174]
  • goes to live with Beaumarchais, ii. [241]
  • meets Beaumarchais, i. [170]
  • returns to join friend, ii. [276]
  • seeks refuge in le Temple, ii. [176]
  • seized by the duc de Chaulnes, i. [184]
• Guerchy, Comte de,
  • quarrel with D’Eon, ii. [14], [23]
• Guilbert, Marie-Joseph,
  • settles in Spain, i. [80]
• Hamburg,
• • Beaumarchais at, ii. [260]
• Hamilton, Alex.,
  • revises account of Beaumarchais with Congress, ii. [204]
• Havre,
  • Beaumarchais goes to, ii. [115]
  • family seeks safety at, ii. [251]
• Heirs of Beaumarchais,
  • claims of, settled, ii. [211]
• Héloise, La Nouvelle, ii. [179]
• Hessians,
  • hired to fight Americans, ii. [38]
  • start for America, ii. [64]
• Hinterland, i. [27]
• Holland,
  • engaged by Beaumarchais to unite with Spain and France, ii. [32]
• Independence,
• • American, Beaumarchais intervenes in cause of, i. [250]
  • declared by Congress, ii. [126]
  • war of America, important rôle of Beaumarchais in, i. [267]
• Institut de bienfaisance, ii. [227]
• Institute for Nursing Mothers, ii. [228]
• Jay, John,
• • correspondence of, ii. [111]
  • defends Deane, ii. [186]
  • writes Beaumarchais, ii. [236]
• Jefferson,
  • sends letter to Beaumarchais, ii. [245]
• Kaunitz, Chancellor, i. [264]
• • suspicions of, i. [266]
• La Borde,
• • aids Beaumarchais, i. [243]
• Lafayette, Marquis de, i. [37]
  • about to sail on Beaumarchais’s vessel, ii. [134]
  • dinner at Metz, ii. [133]
  • forced to borrow from Beaumarchais, ii. [162]
  • pleads for Beaumarchais imprisoned, ii. [229]
  • returns borrowed money with interest, ii. [247]
  • sets sail for America, ii. [134]
• La Harpe,
  • comments on du Verney, i. [69]
  • defends character of Beaumarchais, i. [219]
  • eulogizes Beaumarchais, i. [213]
  • eulogizes memoirs of Beaumarchais, i. [238]
  • final characterization of Beaumarchais, ii. [285]
  • invitation of Beaumarchais accepted by, i. [301]
  • refuses invitation to dine with authors, i. [299]
• Lamballe, Princess de,
  • invites Beaumarchais, ii. [214]
• La Mère Coupable,
  • first played, ii. [278]
• Lawsuit,
  • against Comedians, i. [287]
  • of the fifteen louis, a master stroke, i. [214]
• Lee, Arthur,
  • added to commission in France, ii. [117]
  • comes to Paris, ii. [89]
  • condemned at bar of history, ii. [195]
  • connections with Beaumarchais broken, ii. [88]
  • [303] denounces Deane and Beaumarchais to Congress, ii. [88]
  • distrusted by Vergennes, ii. [185]
  • effects of letter of, to Congress, ii. [108]
  • enraged against Deane and Beaumarchais, ii. [88]
  • in London, ii. [57]
  • jealous of Deane, ii. [185]
  • meets Beaumarchais, ii. [56]
  • not permitted to come to France, ii. [66]
  • poisoned Congress against Deane, ii. [186]
  • revises account of Beaumarchais, ii. [203]
  • summoned to join Deane and Franklin, ii. [117]
  • Vergennes refuses to see, ii. [89]
  • writes to Congress, misrepresenting action of French Government, ii. [68]
• Lebrun,
  • gives passport to Beaumarchais, ii. [258]
• Le Mariage de Figaro, i. [39]
• Lepaute,
  • plagiarism of, detected, i. [52]
  • watchmaker to the Luxembourg, i. [51]
• Lepin, Françoise,
  • sister of Beaumarchais, i. [180]
• Lenormant d’Etioles,
  • festival given by, i. [268]
  • gives festival, i. [142]
  • second marriage of, i. [201]
• Les deux Amis, i. [157]
• Le Temple,
  • chosen as refuge by Gudin, ii. [177]
  • prison of, ii. [232]
• Lettres de Cachet,
  • Beaumarchais a victim of, i. [190]
• Libel,
  • against Mme. du Barry destroyed, i. [253]
  • against Queen destroyed, i. [256]
• Lindet, Robert,
  • makes appeal for Beaumarchais, ii. [270]
• Lintilhac, Eugène,
  • Beaumarchais et ses œuvres, i. [36]
• Living,
  • high cost of, after the terror, ii. [266]ff.
• Loménie, Louis de,
  • Life and Times of Beaumarchais, i. [36]
• Louis XV., i. [56], ii. [14]
  • death of, i. [253]
  • dies, i. [242]
  • le grand projet de, ii. [18]
  • occult diplomacy of, i. [249]
  • parliament of, destroyed by fifteen louis, i. [231]
• Louis XVI.,
  • ascends throne, i. [254]
  • hesitates, ii. [32]
  • inflicts outrage without motive on Beaumarchais, ii. [230]
  • refuses to commit himself regarding aid to America, ii. [53]
  • replies in own hand writing to questions of Beaumarchais, ii. [52]f.
  • seeks to undo wrong done Beaumarchais, ii. [231]
  • won over to American cause, ii. [70]
• Mariage de Figaro, Le, i. [39]
• • Beaumarchais composes, ii. [212]
  • Monologue of, ii. [223]
  • permission given to play, ii. [215]
  • permission revoked, ii. [215]
  • proceeds go to charity, ii. [226]
  • returns from, ii. [226]
  • story of, ii. [221]
• Marie-Antoinette,
  • attacked in libel, i. [256]
  • in the Temple, ii. [232]
  • protectress of Beaumarchais, i. [267]
  • takes the part of Rosine, i. [283]
• Marie-Thérèse, Empress of Austria,
  • receives Beaumarchais, i. [263]
• Marmontel, i. [173]
• Maupeou,
  • Chancellor, dissolves parliaments, i. [174]
  • the parliament, i. [174]
  • the parliament, abolished, i. [254]
  • the parliament, Beaumarchais called before, i. [177]
  • the parliament, judges Beaumarchais, i. [240]
  • [304] the parliament, sentence of, annulled, ii. [100]
  • the parliament, supported by Voltaire, i. [219]
• Maurepas, le Comte de,
  • Beaumarchais works for, ii. [113]
  • Beaumarchais addresses memoir to, ii. [127]ff.
  • promises letters-patent, ii. [96]
  • uses Beaumarchais as political agent, ii. [111]
• Meinières, Madame de,
  • enchanted by memoirs of Beaumarchais, i. [232]f.
  • compares Beaumarchais to Demosthenes, Cicero, etc., i. [233]
• Memoir,
  • Beaumarchais addresses new, to King, ii. [42]ff.
• Memoirs of Beaumarchais
  • praised by Mme. de Meinières, i. [232]f.
  • read by Goethe, i. [230]
  • read by Voltaire, i. [219]
  • read in Philadelphia, i. [231]
• Mémoire justicative de Beaumarchais, ii. [237]f.
• Ménard, Mlle, de,
  • femme d’esprit, i. [173]
  • painted by Greuze, i. [179]
  • takes refuge in convent, i. [191]
• Mercantile project outlined to King by Beaumarchais, ii. [78]ff.
• Mesdames, i. [59]ff., [84], [151]
• Metz,
  • famous dinner at, i. [35]
• Meudon, i. [63]
• Miron, Janot de,
  • aids in writing memoirs, i. [236]
  • marries Mlle. Boisgarnier, i. [120]
  • writes Beaumarchais, i. [116]
• Morande, Theveneau de, French libelist, i. [251]
• Morris, Robert, i. [39]
• Napoleon,
• • characterizes house of Beaumarchais, ii. [241]
  • recognizes rights of dramatic authors, i. [307]
  • writes Beaumarchais, ii. [280]
• New York,
  • fall of, effect in Paris, ii. [113]
• Nivernais, duc de,
  • suggests change in Eugénie, i. [152]
• Nuremberg, i. [260]
  • Burgomaster of, i. [261]
• Opposition, The,
• • in England, favors Insurgents, ii. [34]
• Paris du Verney,
• • early life, i. [69]
  • founds Ecole Militaire, i. [67]
  • notices Beaumarchais, i. [68]
• Parliaments,
  • reëstablished, i. [242]
• Passy,
  • deputies at, thwart Beaumarchais, ii. [157]
  • deputies at, uncomfortable position of, ii. [158]
  • Franklin takes up quarters at, ii. [118]
• Pauline,
  • charming Creole, i. [108]
  • fortune of, i. [109]
  • marries the Chevalier du S., i. [140]
• People,
  • English, respect of, for law, i. [252]
  • of France, enthusiastically greet Franklin, ii. [116]
  • the, of France, support Beaumarchais, i. [214]
• Philadelphia,
  • evacuated by British, ii. [193]
• Philadelphian,
  • reads memoirs of Beaumarchais, i. [231]
• Poland,
  • division of, declared iniquitous by Beaumarchais, ii. [49]
• Polignac, Mme. la duchesse de,
  • hears Le Mariage de Figaro, ii. [216]
• Pompadour, Madame de, i. [53]
• Port-Libre,
  • family of Beaumarchais imprisoned at, ii. [262]
• Receipt, Famous,
• • for “lost million,” ii. [82]
• Rochambeau, Comte de,
  • at Yorktown, i. [33]
• [305] Rochford, Lord,
  • aids Beaumarchais to gain ends, i. [257]
  • complains to Beaumarchais, ii. [62]
  • friendship for Beaumarchais, i. [101]
  • intimate with Beaumarchais, ii. [56]
  • King bids Beaumarchais encourage friendship of, ii. [66]
• Roderigue Hortalès et Cie,
  • assumed name, ii. [79]
  • commercial house of, ii. [77]
• Roderigue, Le Fier,
  • takes part in Battle of Granada, ii. [234]
  • vessel of Beaumarchais, ii. [161]
• Ronac,
  • assumed name of Beaumarchais, i. [261]
• “Ronde,”
  • of Beaumarchais, ii. [250]
• Roosevelt, Theodore,
  • erects Statue to Rochambeau, i. [34]
• Rousseau, J. J.,
  • effect of teaching of, shown in letter, ii. [179]
  • reads the memoirs of Beaumarchais, i. [219]
• Russia,
  • Crown Prince of, supporter of Le Mariage de Figaro, ii. [215]
• Saint-Amand, Imbert de,
• • account of Le Mariage de Figaro given by, ii. [224]ff.
  • Le Barbier de Séville given at Le Petit-Trianon, i. [285]
  • Recounts reception of Franklin, ii. [118]f.
• St. Antoine,
  • hotel Boulevard, i. [240]
• Sainte-Beuve, M. de,
  • eulogizes Beaumarchais, i. [230]
  • invocation of Beaumarchais, i. [229]
  • gives honor to memory of Beaumarchais, i. [289]
• St. Petersburg, ii. [15]
  • 50 representations given in, of Barbier de Séville, i. [275]
• Saratoga,
  • Arnold wounded at, ii. [194]
  • mock hero of, i. [32]
  • victory of, news of, reaches Paris, ii. [145]
  • victory of, turning point of war, i. [31]
• Sartine, M. de,
  • appealed to by Beaumarchais, i. [255]
  • explains imprisonment, i. [266]
  • friendly to Beaumarchais, i. [197]
  • grants permission to play Le Barbier, i. [272]
  • intercedes for Beaumarchais i. [211]
  • Lieutenant General of police, i. [177]
  • secures written order for Beaumarchais from King, i. [257]
• Sauvigny, M., i. [299]
• School for Rakes,
  • adapted from Eugénie of Beaumarchais, i. [149]
• Seals,
  • placed on house of Beaumarchais, ii. [258]
• Secret aid,
  • impossible to avow, ii. [201]
• Sedaine, i. [173]
  • correspondence with Beaumarchais, i. [305], [306]
• Shippen, Miss Margaret,
  • belle of Philadelphia, ii. [194]
• Spain, i. [80], [84]
  • Beaumarchais’s intimacy at Court of, aids in affairs with America, ii. [78]
  • engaged by Beaumarchais to aid America, ii. [32]
  • preparing to aid America, ii. [109]
  • urged to join France in war on England, ii. [137]
• Steuben, Baron von, i. [38]
  • called on by Beaumarchais, ii. [247]
  • life of, by Kaft, ii. [139]
  • sees deputies at Passy, ii. [140]
  • takes des Epinières to America as aid, ii. [142]
  • urged to lend services to America, ii. [137], [138]
  • visits Paris, ii. [139]
• Sully,
  • Beaumarchais recommends prudent measures of, ii. [127], [128]
• [306]
• Terror,
  • Reign of, i. [246]
• Théâtre Français,
  • Comedians of, refuse account, i. [293]
• Toryism,
  • rampant in Philadelphia, ii. [193]
• Tourneux, Maurice,
  • Edits life of Beaumarchais by Gudin, i. [36]
• Trianon, Le Petit, i. [283]
• Tucker, Mr.,
  • of Virginia, address of, in favor of Beaumarchais, ii. [209]
• Valley Forge,
• • Winter at, i. [32]
• Vallière, duc de la, i. [105], [200]
• Vaudreuil, M. de,
  • at Grennevilliers, ii. [218]
  • thanks Beaumarchais, ii. [219]
• Venice,
  • enthusiasm for Eugénie, i. [150]
• Vergennes, Comte de,
  • addresses Beaumarchais like an Ambassador, ii. [65]
  • aids Beaumarchais, ii. [125]
  • approves change of costume of D’Eon, ii. [23]
  • augments credits of Beaumarchais, ii. [85]
  • Chevalier D’Eon demands ransom from, ii. [17]
  • discountenances Dubourg, ii. [84]
  • finally overcomes scruples of King, ii. [54]
  • praises Beaumarchais, ii. [29]
  • replies to Beaumarchais, ii. [124]
  • speaks at last, ii. [69]
• Versailles,
  • Beaumarchais reappears at, i. [252]
  • court of, i. [32]
• Victoire, La,
  • vessel bought by Lafayette, ii. [134]
• Voltaire,
  • eulogizes the memoirs of Beaumarchais, i. [215]
• Vrillière, duc de la,
  • keeps Beaumarchais in prison, i. [197]
  • releases Beaumarchais, i. [212]
• War declared on England, ii. [233]
• Washington, George,
• • at Valley Forge, i. [32]
• Wilkes, Lord Mayor,
  • insolence of, ii. [38]
  • members of opposition, meet at home of, ii. [56]

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