License, verbatimUS-PD
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The canceled May 17, 1727 Exchequer document authorizing payment of ₤200 to “Francis Voltaire, Gent[leman]” from the King’s privy purse, endorsed by the recipient on May 20, and signed Francis Voltaire. 1727 (from title). The New York Public Library.