Papers, 1757-1815 and undated.

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Papers, 1757-1815 and undated.

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Contains one letter by Fréron discussing a reconciliation with the French Encyclopedist and critic Diderot, one letter written by an unidentified writer as an unpublished response to Fréron regarding the English statesmen Viscount Bolingbroke, and an autograph composition by Villenave on Fréron.

1 v. (.1 linear ft.)

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Fréron, Élie-Catherine, 1718-1776

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Fréron was a French critic and writer, known for his attacks on Voltaire and the Encyclopedists; Villenave was a poet, writer, and biographer. From the guide to the Élie Catherine Fréron papers, 1757-1815 and undated., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Fréron was a French critic and writer, known for his attacks on Voltaire and the Encyclopedists; Villenave was a poet, writer, and biographer. From the description of Papers, 1757-181...

Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784

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Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751

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Henry St. John Bolingbroke was born in Battersea in 1678. He was educated at Eton and Oxford. He married the daughter of Sir Henry Winchcomb. After entering parliament in 1701, he devoted himself to politics, joined the Tory party, and soon made himself prominent as an orator. In 1710, he was made Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. In 1712, he was called to the House of Lords by the title of Viscount Bolingbroke. In 1724 he returned to England, but after being blocked from a political futur...

Villenave, M. G. T. (Mathieu Guillaume Thérèse), 1762-1846

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