Letter from Voltaire to Ami Camp, dated 6 February 1762, with two undated address sheets [D10312]
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Letter from Voltaire to Ami Camp, dated 6 February 1762, with two undated address sheets [D10312]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Mr le président Dalbertas demande 6000₶.
Incipit Modernised:
Monsieur le président Dalbertas demande 6000₶.
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A letter from Voltaire to Ami Camp, dated 6 February 1762, with two undated address sheets.
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Voltaire writes that Mr le président Dalbertas asks for 6,000 livre tournois, and that his neighbour Madame de Pui is asking for 12,000. He asks how this is possible.
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The letter was donated to the Lenox Library as part of the Duycknick Collection. The address sheets were donated by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1899 as part of the Ford Collection.
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