BIB_ID
207817
Accession number
MA 638.68
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
1776 Apr. 3.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 19.9 cm
Notes
In an unknown contemporary hand.
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.
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
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1900.
Summary
Rejoicing that the partisans of reason and M. [Anne-Robert-Jacques] Turgot have triumphed; commenting on a letter he wrote that was published without his knowledge; asking him to return a letter written to King of Prussia [Frederick II].
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