Contemporary copy of ‘À M. le chevalier Hamilton ambassadeur à Naples’ sent by Hamilton to Walpole, dated 17 June 1773 [D18429]

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CMV36496

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NAF 24334 (fol.457-458)

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Contemporary copy of ‘À M. le chevalier Hamilton ambassadeur à Naples’ sent by Hamilton to Walpole, dated 17 June 1773 [D18429]

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Voltaire: Author
Hamilton, William, Sir: Recipient, Copyist
Horace Walpole: Recipient

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Contemporary copy of ‘À M. le chevalier Hamilton ambassadeur à Naples’ sent by Hamilton to Walpole. The letter from Voltaire to Hamilton was written from Ferney and dated 17 June 1773. It is one of the “lettre véritables” of the Commentaire historique sur les œuvres de l’auteur de La Henriade (1776).

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2 ff.

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History

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17 June 1773

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Ferney

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OCV Reference:

vol.78B-78C

OCV Manuscript Reference:

vol.78B, p.163