Letter from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, written from Ferney and dated 11 January [1771] [D16958]
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I. HA Rep. 96, Nr. 206 K, ‘Schriftwechsel und andere Papiere des Kronprinzen Friedrich Wilhelm (II.) von Preußen’
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Letter from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, written from Ferney and dated 11 January [1771] [D16958]
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Letter from Voltaire to Frederick II of Prussia, written from Ferney and dated 11 January [1771].
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Voltaire discusses his approaching death, atheists, and Baruch Spinoza. A loan slip for the letter in included on f.3.
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3 ff.
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