BIB_ID
294862
Accession number
MA 640.28
Creator
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786.
Display Date
[1760 Aug.] 17.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 23.4 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 the status of his war against the Austrians; noting that his clothing and hair suffered damage but he is invulnerable; observing that his army has never been in more danger or more tired; quoting a line from Lucretius; asking the Marquis d'Argens to have pity on him because he is so far out of his sphere.
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