Original letter from Voltaire to Alexandre Marie François de Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy, dated 24 June 1768 [D15095]

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CMV34819

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MA 2152A, ‘Letter : [n.p.], to Alexandre Marie François-de-Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy, 1768 Jun. 24.’

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Original letter from Voltaire to Alexandre Marie François de Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy, dated 24 June 1768 [D15095]

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Le vieux malade, le triste oncle, aiant écrit de sa languissante main une grande Lettre à la nièce, dit à son cher gros petit neveu ce qui va suivre.

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Original letter from Voltaire to Alexandre Marie François de Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy, dated 24 June 1768.

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24 June 1768

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Purchased by the Morgan Library in 1961 with the Fellows Fund.

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024