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Letter signed with initial : place not specified, to [Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat,] marquis de Condorcet, 1773 May 23.

BIB_ID
207789
Accession number
MA 638.39
Display Date
1773 May 23.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 20 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Monsieur Le Marquis de / Condorcet, Secretaire perpétuel de / l'academie des Sciences, etc. / rue de Louis le Grand / à Paris."
In the hand of Voltaire's secretary, Jean Louis Wagnière.
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 postmark and trace of a seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1900.
Summary
Sending encouragement to the marquis de Condorcet and Jean Le Rond d'Alembert.