BIB_ID
159615
Accession number
MA 640.62
Creator
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786.
Display Date
1771 Feb. 6.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 22.9 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.
Probably in the hand of a secretary; signed by Frederick II.
The Marquise d'Argens was originally Mlle. Cochois, an actress in Berlin.
Probably in the hand of a secretary; signed by Frederick II.
The Marquise d'Argens was originally Mlle. Cochois, an actress in Berlin.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the Berlin dealer Amsler & Ruthardt, 1910.
Summary
Condoling with her after the death of her husband, the Marquis d'Argens; asking for details of his illness and death; telling her that he can give her the chamberlain's key if she wants to have it buried with the Marquis; noting that he will send her 17 letters he wrote to her husband.
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