Autograph letter from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, dated 15 September [1763] [D11418]
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CMV35211
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MA 1752.29, ‘Autograph letter : [Geneva?], to Claude Adrien Helvétius, [1763] Sept. 15.’
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Autograph letter from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, dated 15 September [1763] [D11418]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Mon cher philosophe, vous avez raison d’être ferme dans vos principes par ce qu’en général vos principes sont bons.
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Brief Summary:
Autograph letter from Voltaire to Claude Adrien Helvétius, dated 15 September [1763].
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7 pp.
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Height: 225 mm
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A Genevan postmark has been stamped above the addredd. The year has been added t the date line in a second, unknown hand.
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History
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15 September [1763]
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[Geneva]
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Purchased by the Morgan Library in 1956 with the Fellows Fund.
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