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Beaumanoir de la Forest wrote from Paris, France to Susan Kean, unaddressed. Beaumanoir de la Forest was surprised to receive a letter from Susan and was happy that her previous letters were miscarried and not the result of Susan not writing them. Susan’s brother-in-law was living a charming life in the country. Beaumanoir de la Forest shared news on family and mutual acquaintances and mentioned the high cost of education in France. Sorry to hear that every summer Susan was plagued with yellow fever.

People mentioned: Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton, Mr. Linch, Mr. Izard, Lady Temple, Mrs. Macomb, Mr. Macomb and his daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Fitzsimon, Mrs. Dalton, Mr. Huges, Mrs. Knox, Mrs. Palliard, Mr. Patry, Susan’s brother-in-law (William Otto), and Peter Kean.

Author/Creator

Beaumanoir de la Forest

Recipient

Susan Kean, formerly Susan Livingston, and later Susan Ursin Niemcewicz (1759-1833)

Creation Date

1799-03-29

Creation Date

3-29-1799

Document Type

Manuscript

Location

Paris, France

Collection

Liberty Hall Collection, 1711-1847 (bulk 1790-1830)

Inventory Location

Bay 1, Column 1, LHC Series 2

Rights

This collection is open to the public for research use. Copyright remains with Kean University. Credit this material. Personal photographs may be made for research purposes. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to Lynette Zimmerman, Executive Director at the Liberty Hall Academic Center & Exhibition Hall at lzimmerm@kean.edu.

Publishing Repository

Special Collections Research Library and Archive, Kean University

Beaumanoir de la Forest to Susan Kean, March 29, 1799

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