BIB_ID
294845
Accession number
MA 640.23
Creator
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786.
Display Date
1759 [Oct.] 25.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 23.9 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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the Berlin dealer Amsler & Ruthardt, 1910.
Summary
Asking him to come to Glogau to keep him company in his infirmity; reporting that the Russians are going to Posen and the Austrian [Gideon Ernst] Laudon is returning to Moravia via Kraków; complaining about gout, depression, and isolation; noting that he is so weak he thinks he will not be able to finish the campaign himself.
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