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Original letter from Voltaire to Marie-Louise Denis, dated 8 May 1769 [D15637]
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CMV34792
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The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, US
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MA 2152, ‘Letter : [n.p.], to Mme. Denis, Marie Louise Mignot, 1769 May 8.’
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Eh bien, ne voilà t-il pas que les marauts de Collonge ont encor ouvert et saisi le ballot des livres à vous apartenants lequel vous était envoié de vôtre château à Paris.
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Original letter from Voltaire to Marie-Louise Denis, dated 8 May 1769.
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8 May 1769
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Purchased by the Morgan Library in 1961 with the Fellows Fund.
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