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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to an unknown recipient, likely written from Paris and dating to [1747?] [D3547]
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CMV34016
Repository:
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, US
Shelfmark:
MA 638.10, ‘Autograph letter signed : [Paris?], to an unidentified man, [1747?]’
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Tout malade que je suis Monsieur, j’allay hier à Versailles retirer les papiers des mains d’une personne quise chargeoit du succez de L’affaire
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Language(s):
French
In Voltaire’s Hand:
Yes
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to an unknown recipient, likely written from Paris and dating to [1747?]
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Letter
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ALS
Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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199 mm
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2
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A note in an unknown hand has been added to the letter reading: ‘Adressée probablemt a M. Duclos, secretaire perpetuel de l’Académie française.’ The same hand has also noted that the letter was written from Paris in 1747.
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[1747?]
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Paris, France
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