ALS in French, signed “V,” one page both sides, 7 x 9, no date but circa 1753-1754. Letter to Francois-Louis Defresney, director of the post in Strasbourg, in part (translated): "My dear and lovely child, some people tell me that I will have the pleasure to meet you in Colmar. You will comfort, just like in Strasbourg, a poor ill man and if friendship can heal, you will be my doctor. The Knight of Klinglin and I are the most desperate ill men in the whole province. I am very thankful to you for your kind attention towards my lost luggage. It was coming from Leipzig. I do not know who brought the case at my house. He was probably also in charge of my luggage from Leipzig. I am sure that this will be under your control. I am also expecting a trunk from Paris that has been sent to you by carters. All my consolations come from you. Thousands of tender respects to your mother and to your friends." Addressed on the integral address leaf in Voltaire's hand. In very good to fine condition, with scattered creasing, and seal-related paper loss to the integral address leaf. Voltaire lived in Colmar from October 1753 to November 1754, where he focused on compiling a lengthy synthesis of German history entitled Annals of the Empire.
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