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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07473 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1780 |
| Title | Pierre A. C. Beaumarchais to Friedrich Von Steuben regarding financing American Revolution [in French] |
| Date | 8 April 1780 |
| Author | Beaumarchais, Pierre A. C. (1732-1799) |
| Recipient | Von Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | "As for what concerns me, that which prevents you from gaily beating the English. Money? Soon I will take it, when it will come; but grace troubles you by means, I am much more curious about our laurels..." |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General France Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Military History Finance |
| People | Beaumarchais, Pierre A. C. (1732-1799) Von Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand (1730-1794) |
| Place written | Paris, France |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |