Autograph letter from Voltaire to James Boswell, dating to 25 December 1764 [D12259]
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CMV33688
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GEN MSS 89, C3044, ‘Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de (C 3044-3047), 1764, n.d.’
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Autograph letter from Voltaire to James Boswell, dating to 25 December 1764 [D12259]
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Sir, You will do us much honour and pleasure, we have few beds, but you will not sleep on two chairs.
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Autograph note from Voltaire to James Boswell, dated [25 December 1764].
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Voltaire says that Boswell will do them much honour and pleasure, adding that they have few beds but that he will not be made to sleep on two chairs. The letter continues as if written by Marie-Louis Denis [née Mignot] [née Mignot], with it being stated that ‘My uncle, tho very sick, hath guess’d at yr merit.’
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