Letter on the Calas AffairVoltaire

From his villa Les Délices in Geneva, Voltaire wrote this letter on 2 July 1762 to the comte de Saint-Florentin, affirming the innocence of the Calas family. Jean Calas, a Protestant from Toulouse, had been wrongly executed for the supposed murder of his son. Voltaire’s tireless campaign transformed the case into a symbol of intolerance, leading to the family’s rehabilitation in 1765 and marking a milestone in the fight for justice.