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Letter from Monsieur Calas, probably to Clive.
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CMV33013
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The British Library
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Mss Eur G37/73/1 ff.42
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Brief Summary:
Letter from Monsieur Calas, probably to Clive, dating to the mid 1760s.
Detailed Summary:
Mr Calas, son on Jean Calas, writes that he is enclosing a work by Voltaire about his father’s execution and his family’s misfortunes.
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Execution, Misfortune
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1 ff.
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The bookplate of Mortimer L. Schiff has been added to the MS
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