Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Nicolas-Claude Thieriot, written from Cambray and dated 10 September 1722 [D119a]
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CMV35422
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Lambert-David.IICorr.7Thieriot.1-D118.Voltaire à N.C. Thieriot, [c.15 oct. 1722]
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Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Nicolas-Claude Thieriot, written from Cambray and dated 10 September 1722 [D119a]
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Je suis dans le moment a Cambray où je suis beaucoup mieux recu que je ne l’ai jamais été à Paris.
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Brief Summary:
Contemporary copy of a letter from Voltaire to Nicolas-Claude Thieriot, written from Cambray and dated 10 September 1722.
Detailed Summary:
Voltaire states that he is currently in Cambray, where he has been received much better than he ever has been in Paris. He adds that if this continues, he will abandon his homeland unless Thieriot promises to love him always.
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1 ff.
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121 x 161 mm
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The paper is watermarked with a shield bearing a post horn and text, but this is obscured due to the paper being cut.
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Unbound
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History
Date:
10 September 1722
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Cambray
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