Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais Letter
Ink on paper.
Dated 17 Thermidor, de an 6 (July 27, 1794 Gregorian calendar)
Addressed to Citoyen Scott, excommandant de Chartres, rue des Marais Pres de la rue de Seine.
"Salut. Estime de votre bon courage"
Citoyen Scott has not come up inn searches of the French revolution and Republic, but the year 1794 was the height of the Reign of Terror and Citoyen Scott may be a pseudonym.

Beaumarchais played a crucial role in securing French support for the American Revolution, notably through the secret shipment of arms and financial aid. He founded a covert organization that supplied the American rebels with weapons, ammunition, and other crucial supplies
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