BIB_ID
119566
Accession number
MA 1765.11
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
[1764 Aug. 4].
Credit line
Purchased, 1956.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 18.6 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Monsieur Dupont, avocat / au Conseil Souverain Dalzace / à Colmar."
Date is in an unknown hand.
This item is part of a group of letters of Voltaire; see main record for MA 1765 for a description of the collection.
With postmark [GENEVE] and trace of a seal.
Date is in an unknown hand.
This item is part of a group of letters of Voltaire; see main record for MA 1765 for a description of the collection.
With postmark [GENEVE] and trace of a seal.
Provenance
F.W. Joy sale (London, 27 May 1887, p. 38, no. 408); Sotheby sale (London, 20 Mar. 1890, p. 47, no. 375); Sotheby sale (London, 12 Mar. 1902, p. 52, no. 508); Laverdet sale (Paris, 24 Apr. 1862, p. 157, no. 1231); Theodore Besterman.
Summary
Thanking him for his help while he was sick; saying he has just had news from Montbéliard and has suspended everything.
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