BIB_ID
294821
Accession number
MA 640.20
Creator
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786.
Display Date
1759 [Aug.] 22.
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
Discussing his army and their chances of winning an impending battle; noting that only luck and chance can save them; advising him to go to Tangermünde; stating that his suffering is worse than that of Tantalus, Prometheus, and Sisyphus; asking him to pity him and remember him.
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