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Autograph letter signed : "à notre métairie," to [Louisa Dorothea of Meiningen, duchess of Saxe-Gotha], 1760 Mar. 21.

BIB_ID
207777
Accession number
MA 638.25
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1760 Mar. 21.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Recipient is from the printed version of the letter.
Signed "Lamentier."
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.
Provenance
Saint-Aubin sale (Paris 25 mars 1879), p. 22, no. 142; Charavay sale (Paris 28 avril 1883), p. 23, no. 132; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1900.
Summary
Discussing the marriage prospects of "la chère damoiselle Fiderci."