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The MS has been corrected throughout by Voltaire. It is almost identical to the print edition, except for l.21-27. Here, multiple versions have been crossed out and written over so extensively that only incomplete sentences are legible.
Repository: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Brussels, Capital Region, Belgium
Date: 1745
CMV: cmv37489
Repository: Private Collection
Date: 16 August 1768
CMV: cmv37408
Repository: Private Collection
Date: 26 August 1769
CMV: cmv37407
The draft is incomplete and represents just one part of Rousseau’s much longer ‘Lettre sur la providence’. The symbol at the beginning of the draft suggests that this manuscript may have been an addendum that was to be inserted into the final draft of the letter.
Repository: Private Collection
Date: [18 August 1756]
CMV: cmv37382
The lines are part of the third Discours and represent ll.99-102.
Repository: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
Date: 1737
CMV: cmv37376
Repository: Biblioteca estense universitaria di Modena
Date: c.1751
CMV: cmv37364
Repository: Voltaire Foundation
Date: 14 December 1770
CMV: cmv37347
Repository: Voltaire Foundation
Date: 4 June 1762
CMV: cmv37334
Repository: Voltaire Foundation
Date: 1 June 1761
CMV: cmv37315
This is a copy of the letter mentioned in D8832. It was sent to Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov.
Repository: Voltaire Foundation
Date: 1 April 1760
CMV: cmv37296