1. Passes through Mainz

    · Mainz, Holy Roman Empire

    Passes through Mainz
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    After the Frankfurt detention, Voltaire continued his slow westward progress through Mainz. The source lists the route between his July 1753 departure from Frankfurt and the January 1754 ban from Paris; it gives no city-specific date.

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