Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Albrecht von Haller dated 13 February 1759 [D8109]
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GD248/30/2, ‘Papers selected for, and partly noted in, ‘The Chiefs of Grant’ by William Fraser, LLD.’
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Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Albrecht von Haller dated 13 February 1759 [D8109]
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Papers selected for, and partly noted in, ‘The Chiefs of Grant’ by William Fraser, LLD. including a copy of a letter from Voltaire to Albrecht von Haller dated 13 February 1759 [D8109].
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The collection includes a copy of a letter from Voltaire to Albrecht von Haller, baron Haller dated 13 February 1759. In the letter, Voltaire sends a certificate [wanting] to introduce Grasset who wishes for recipient’s protection. He then discusses a text printed at Lausanne which represents an abominable libel against the Moors, religion etc. He adds that he thinks recipient should refuse a protection to such a rascal, noting that the author of the libel is a man named Verlecke or Leveche, formerly teacher of M. Constant, and is minister of a village near Lausanne
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