Contemporary copy of a letter from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Potsdam and dated 13 August 1766 [D13494]
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6006 (Box: 1, Folder: 5) (A), ‘Frederick the Great to Voltaire…5, 1766 August 13-1766 September 3’
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Contemporary copy of a letter from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Potsdam and dated 13 August 1766 [D13494]
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Je compte que vous eurez déjà recu ma réponse à votre avant-dernière lettre.
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Contemporary copy of a letter from Frederick II of Prussia to Voltaire, written from Potsdam and dated 13 August 1766.
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Frederick II discusses the injustice of the execution of Jean Calas because he was not a Catholic. He complains about how Calas had no proof or evidence against him, and also did not have a witness. He writes how he thinks that the law should punish people in proportion to their faults, but that in the case of Calas, it didn’t happen that way because the magistrates used their own judgment instead.
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2 ff.
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