Letter from Georg von Löw to General Jacob de Budé, written from Hanover and dated 31 August 1786
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GEO/ADD/15/0530, ‘Letter from Georg von Löw to General Jacob de Budé concerning the delivery of books by Voltaire and the whereabouts of engravings of Télémaque, repeating his request for glasses to replace those broken previously, and sending the full ti
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Letter from Georg von Löw to General Jacob de Budé, written from Hanover and dated 31 August 1786
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Monsieur, J’ai l’honneur de Vous annoncer la acception de Vos dernieres lettres.
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Autograph letter signed from Georg von Löw to General Jacob de Budé, written from Hanover and dated 31 August 1786.
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Georg von Löw begins by discussing the delivery of works by Voltaire and the whereabouts of a set of engravings by Télémaque. The then repeats his earlier request for glasses to replace those that had arrived broken. In a postscript, Löw writes that General Grenville sends his compliments and discusses a work by the Marquis of Saint-Simon titled La Guerre des Alpes.
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2 ff.
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The letter has been corrected throughout with a small number of crossings out and the addition of missing or corrected text superscript. A postscript has been added beneath the signature.
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31 August 1786
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