Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence, Vol. 2

by Elizabeth Sarah Kite

Silas Deane. Paper read before the American Historical Association of Boston and Cambridge, 1887, by Charles Islam

The Marquis de La Fayette in the American Revolution. Charlemagne Tower, 1895

The American Revolution. 2 vols. John Fiske, 1891

House Documents, Vol. 9. Report 111. Fifteenth Congress, First Session.

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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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