BIB_ID
309655
Accession number
MA 1752.24
Creator
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Display Date
[1759] Jan. 19.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1956.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 23.3 cm
Notes
Erroneous year of writing (1761) added to date in an unknown hand; corrected dating from Smith and Besterman.
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.
Written "Aux Délices," Voltaire's home in Geneva from 1755-1760.
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.
Written "Aux Délices," Voltaire's home in Geneva from 1755-1760.
Summary
Denying the allegation that he ever disliked him; explaining that he left France because of such persecution and slander; telling him about his estate and putting it at his disposal; discussing religion.
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