BIB_ID
294744
Accession number
MA 640.10
Creator
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786.
Display Date
1747 July 9.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 23 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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the Berlin dealer Amsler & Ruthardt, 1910.
Summary
Joking about the slow pace of the Marquis d'Argens's travels; discussing the victory of Maurice, Comte de Saxe, over William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, at the Battle of Laeffelt on July 2, 1747; deriding the Duke of Cumberland.
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