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Original letter from Voltaire to Alexandre Marie François de Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy, dated 2 December 1771 [D17487]
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CMV34845
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The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, US
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MA 2152A, ‘Letter : [n.p.], to Alexandre Marie François-de-Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy, 1771 Dec. 2.’
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Puisque vous me répondez corps pour corps du curé de st Roc, mon cher ami, et que je suis épaulé par un soudiacre, je puis donc hazarder le sacrement
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Original letter from Voltaire to Alexandre Marie François de Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy, dated 2 December 1771.
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2 December 1771
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Purchased by the Morgan Library in 1961 with the Fellows Fund.
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