François Marie Arouet de Voltaire: Letter to Lady Sundon: 1729
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François Marie Arouet de Voltaire: Letter to Lady Sundon: 1729
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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Charlotte Clayton, Lady Sundon [née Dyve], written from Paris and dated 18 April 1729.
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Voltaire begins by saying that he is no longer in London, but that the kindness and protection he received from Lady Sundon remains with him. He adds that he has just arrived in Paris and hopes to go to Versailles.
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Owned by Baumarchais.
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Bought by Boone for Beaumarchais at the Charles A. Law sale, Puttick in London on 19 March 1855 (p. 46, no. 436.)
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