BIB_ID
207771
Accession number
MA 638.19
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1756 Apr. 20.
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Acquired before 1922.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 24.4 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Monsieur Bertrand pasteur de / l'Eglise française / à Berne."
Docketed.
Inserted in this volume in 1922 from Propert's History of Miniature Art.
This item is part of a collection of Voltaire letters and manuscripts; see main record (MA 638) for a description of the collection as well as individual records for other items in the collection.
With seal.
Docketed.
Inserted in this volume in 1922 from Propert's History of Miniature Art.
This item is part of a collection of Voltaire letters and manuscripts; see main record (MA 638) for a description of the collection as well as individual records for other items in the collection.
With seal.
Summary
Apologizing for disturbing him near Easter; relating details of an April 1755 earthquake that destroyed Quito [Ecuador] and suggesting that Bertrand refer to the earthquake in his work; noting that he and his niece have been sick for eight days; informing him that they will be coming to Bern soon.
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