Autograph letter signed : Kuntzendorf, near Schweidnitz [Świdnica, Poland], to his chamberlain, the Marquis d'Argens, 1761 May 20.

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Autograph letter signed : Kuntzendorf, near Schweidnitz [Świdnica, Poland], to his chamberlain, the Marquis d'Argens, 1761 May 20.

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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.

1 item (1 p.) ; 23.3 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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