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Autograph letter : place not specified, to Claude Adrien Helvétius, [1763] May 1.

BIB_ID
309673
Accession number
MA 1752.32
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
[1763] May 1.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1956.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 21 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from Voltaire to the philosopher Claude Adrien Helvétius. Letters in the collection have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
Year (1765) added to date in an unknown hand; corrected year of writing form Smith and Besterman.
Summary
Introducing George Macartney to him; telling him how much he appreciates Macartney and that they think alike; encouraging him to publish his work anonymously; discussing religion.