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Autograph letter signed from Ambroise Decroze to Voltaire, dating to c.10 December 1761 [D10201b]
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CMV35491
Repository:
McGill University
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Lambert-David.IIIDecroze.2MsDecroze.3Correspondance.3.A. Decroze à Voltaire, c.10 jan. 1761
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Monsieur he vous prie de vouloir bien Examiné ce nouveaux memoyre
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Language(s):
French
In Voltaire’s Hand:
Partly
Brief Summary:
Autograph letter signed from Ambroise Decroze to Voltaire, dating to c.10 December 1761.
Detailed Summary:
Decroze asks Voltaire to examine a mémoire that had been put together for Decroze by a lawyer in Geneva.
Keyword(s):
Attack, Gex, Josephe Decroze, Justice, Violence
Genre(s):
Letter
Status:
ALS
Physical Description
Material(s):
Ink on paper
Extent:
2 ff.
Format:
4to
Dimensions:
243 x 181 mm
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The paper is watermarked with a fleur-de-lys.
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Unbound
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Undecorated
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Voltaire has endorsed the MS in his own hand as ‘lettre de crose’ in the lower left-hand corner of f.2v.
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History
Date:
c.10 December 1761
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