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Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Alexandre Marie François de Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy, dated 26 July 1775 [D19574]
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CMV34865
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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, 1775 Jul. 26.’
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Je vous avais prié mon cher ami de différer l’entière exécution de vos bontés pour Morival jusqu’à ce que le roi son maitre se fût expliqué.
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Voltaire to Alexandre Marie François de Paule de Dompierre d’Hornoy, dated 26 July 1775.
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ALS
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Ink on paper
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Undecorated
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The date has been added to the MS in a second, unknown hand.
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26 July 1775
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Purchased by the Morgan Library in 1961 with the Fellows Fund.
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