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VOLTAIRE, FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET. 1694-1778.
Autograph Manuscript Signed, 1 p, 8vo, [Ferney, France], January 5, 1761,

9 March 2017, 13:00 EST
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VOLTAIRE, FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET. 1694-1778.

Autograph Manuscript Signed, 1 p, 8vo, [Ferney, France], January 5, 1761, mild toning and creasing, mounting residue on verso just bleeding through at top margin, matted and framed.

Around 1760, Voltaire met a M. de Crassy, whose family's ancestral lands and certain possessions had been bought for small sums by French Jesuits. In what appears to be a business document, Voltaire states that he has paid the interest on the de Crassy family's land; he adds that he does not want the land, but only to see it remain with its "legitimate owners."

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