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Beaumez, Bon-Albert Briois de (1759-ca. 1809) to Lucy Flucker Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06878 Author/Creator: Beaumez, Bon-Albert Briois de (1759-ca. 1809) Place Written: Calcutta, India Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 December 1796 Pagination: 8 p. ; 22.1 x 18.4 cm. Order a Copy

Writes that he hopes she will write as frequently as possible, as he does not believe his family will be able to leave India until "next season." Encourages her to write despite the distance and the time it will take for her letters to arrive. Adds that their ship was one of the last that sailed the previous spring, so he does not expect to have news from the United States soon, especially regarding the health of the family. Relates several anecdotes about his experiences in India, such as mistaking an ornately decorated tavern for the palace of the Governor General.

B. Beaumez, the husband of Sarah Lyons Flucker Beaumez, is most likely Bon-Albert Briois de Beaumez (also spelled "Beaumetz"), a travelling companion of Talleyrand and former President of the French National Constituent Assembly.

Beaumez, M. de (Bon-Albert Briois), 1759-1809
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1776-1854

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