BIB_ID
294893
Accession number
MA 640.34
Creator
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786.
Display Date
1761 May 20.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 23.3 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
Telling him that he has arrived in Silesia and that the situation seems about the same as last year; reporting that he is reading Lucien [Lucian?], Voltaire, and Racine to distract himself; discussing a page who had to be sent back to his parents after taking leave of his senses.
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