Record ID:
294893
Accession number:
MA 640.34
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description:
1 item (1 p.) ; 23.3 cm
Notes:
Part of a collection of letters from Frederick II, King of Prussia, to various recipients. Letters in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 640 for more information.
Summary:
Telling him that he has arrived in Silesia and that the situation seems about the same as last year; reporting that he is reading Lucien [Lucian?], Voltaire, and Racine to distract himself; discussing a page who had to be sent back to his parents after taking leave of his senses.
Provenance:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the Berlin dealer Amsler & Ruthardt, 1910.
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