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Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Sanssouci Palace and dated 13 September 1766 [D13552]
Repository: Voltaire Foundation
Date: 13 September 1766
CMV: cmv36170
Contemporary copy of a letter from Frederick II of Prussia to Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, written from Sanssouci and dated 28 July 1770 [D16552]
Repository: The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, US
CMV: cmv34718
Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Sanssouci Palace and dated 25 November 1765 [D13004]
Repository: Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Prussian Privy State Archives
Date: 25 November 1765
CMV: cmv36930
Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Sanssouci Palace and dated 24 October [1766] [D13624]
Repository: Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Prussian Privy State Archives
Date: 24 October [1766]
CMV: cmv36936
Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Sanssouci Palace and dated 3 November 1766 [D13649]
Repository: Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Prussian Privy State Archives
Date: 3 November 1766
CMV: cmv36937
Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Sanssouci Palace and dated 7 July 1770 [D16503]
Repository: Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Prussian Privy State Archives
Date: 7 July 1770
CMV: cmv36946
Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Sanssouci Palace and dated 18 November 1771 [D17459]
Repository: Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Prussian Privy State Archives
Date: 18 November 1771
CMV: cmv36956
Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Sanssouci Palace and dated 14 August 1772 [D17861]
Repository: Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Prussian Privy State Archives
Date: 16 September 1772
CMV: cmv36959
Autograph letter signed from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Sanssouci Palace and dated 15 August 1749 [D3981]
Repository: Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Prussian Privy State Archives
Date: 15 August 1749
CMV: cmv37030
Contemporary copy of a letter from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Sanssouci Palace and dated 13 September 1766 [D13552]

In this letter, Frederick talks of his own faith being “lukewarm”, and cites that as the reason why he is able to tolerate the faiths of all others. He also discusses and expands upon his belief that “superstition is a weakness of the human spirit”.

Repository: University of Southern California
Date: 13 September 1766
CMV: cmv33264

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