BEAUHARNAIS, Fanny (Marie, known as) Countess of [Paris, 173 - Lot 128

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BEAUHARNAIS, Fanny (Marie, known as) Countess of [Paris, 173 - Lot 128
BEAUHARNAIS, Fanny (Marie, known as) Countess of [Paris, 1738 – id., 1813], poet and novelist, wife of Joséphine’s uncle, Claude de Beauharnais; she hosted a literary salon. Signed autograph letter addressed to Mr. Martin de Saint Junvera, prosecutor at the Châtelet; 3 pages, quarto, with address. She asks him to calm and pacify a creditor to whom she has provided several favors. “This sum will be nothing to me in a year, but today it burdens me excessively; if only I could be of service to you in instilling in this man’s heart some less mercenary sentiments.”
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