Beaumarchais the Merchant: Letters of Theveneau de Francey, 1777-1780; Read Before the New York Historical Society, April 5. 1870 by John Bigelow PDF Download

Author: Theveneau de Francey
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332234878
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 22

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Excerpt from Beaumarchais the Merchant: Letters of Theveneau De Francey, 1777-1780; Read Before the New York Historical Society, April 5. 1870 by John Bigelow It is to be regretted that so great and gifted a benefactor of our country should have allowed the sentimental and the commercial functions of his firm to become so confounded, that, in attempting to separate them, the course which our Government felt obliged to take has not only prevented any suitable recognition of his services to the United States, but sent him to his grave, as he no doubt thought, and as many of his country people still think the victim of Repub lican ingratitude. It is not my purpose to investigate the justice of this reproach, nor to attempt to define precisely the place which History should assign to this gifted Frenchman, among the instruments of Providence most conspicuous in laying the foundations of our Republic. I have only some new testimony to contribute in aid of those who hereafter may under take to determine these questions, - testi mony of which your Executive Commit tee have requested me to give you some account. The nature and history of my offering shall be set forth in few words. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.