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1782. Carta de María Antonia Gimbernat para Leonardo Galli.

Author(s) María Antonia Gimbernat      
Addressee(s) Leonardo Galli      
In English

Love letter from María Antonia Gimbernat to Leonardo Galli.

The author tells the recipient about the pressures from her father, and the possibility of her being disinherited as a result of both their relationship and her firm intention to marry him.

María Antonia Gimbernat, daughter of Don Antonio Gimbernat, honorary surgeon, had promised Leonardo Galli, surgeon of the Royal Spanish Guards, that she would marry him. Her father, however, opposed the realization of that union. She finally gave in to family pressure and returned to the family home. At that time, Leonardo Galli demanded the fulfillment of her word, and to prove the link between them presented eleven letters written between April 3 and June 6, 1782. In these letters the intentions between the couple are quite clear, as well as her determination to marry him. During the process, María Antonia tried to deny the letters and, since she could not prove she did not write them, she stated that she had been entrapped to do so.

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Madrid Mayo 4 de 82

Hijo amado de todo mi cora

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zon he recivido tu tan amo
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rosa y estimada carta con
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mucho gusto alegrandome
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estes vueno yo igualmen
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te lo estoy gs a Dios al pe
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sar de tanto contratiempo
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mucho me ha gustado esta
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tu ultima carta por lo qe
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me dices aunque tus
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gentes tamvien nos sean
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contrarios n degeras de
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quererme y de casarte
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conmigo mi Leonardo aciendolo

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