Von Bassewitz to Voltaire…2, 1762 June 27
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6006 (Box: 1, Folder: 19)
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Von Bassewitz to Voltaire…2, 1762 June 27
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Je Vous félicite Monsieur, et du meilleur de mon coeur, de n’être pas mort.
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Autograph letter signed from Sabina von Bassewitz, gräfin von Bassewitz to Voltaire, written from Dalwitz and dated 27 June 1762.
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This letter begins with a line that reads “I welcome you, sir, and from the best of my heart, do not be dead. Voltaire needs to live as long as possible.” The rest of the letter goes on to wish that Voltaire recovers soon from his illness, and that he soon completes his history of “heroes of the north”.
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2 ff.
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