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Letter signed from Voltaire to Alexandre Marie François de Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy, dated 16 December 1772 [D18089]
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CMV34849
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The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, US
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MA 2152A, ‘Letter : [n.p.], to Alexandre Marie François-de-Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy, 1772 Dec. 16.’
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Le jour que je reçus vôtre Lettre, mon cher seigneur picard, nous apprimes que vôtre beaufrère se fesait liquider, et qu’il avait la survivance de la place de garde du trésor.
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French
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Brief Summary:
Letter signed from Voltaire to Alexandre Marie François de Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy, dated 16 December 1772.
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Letter, Poetry
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Signed
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Ink on paper
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16 December 1772
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Purchased by the Morgan Library in 1961 with the Fellows Fund.
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