Original letter from Voltaire to Alexandre Marie François de Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy, dated 2 December 1771 [D17487]

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CMV34845

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MA 2152A, ‘Letter : [n.p.], to Alexandre Marie François-de-Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy, 1771 Dec. 2.’

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Original letter from Voltaire to Alexandre Marie François de Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy, dated 2 December 1771 [D17487]

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Puisque vous me répondez corps pour corps du curé de st Roc, mon cher ami, et que je suis épaulé par un soudiacre, je puis donc hazarder le sacrement

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Original letter from Voltaire to Alexandre Marie François de Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy, dated 2 December 1771.

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2 December 1771

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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