Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de (C 3044-3047), 1764, n.d.
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Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de (C 3044-3047), 1764, n.d.
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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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