FRIEDRICH II; KING OF PRUSSIA Letter Signed Fch to the nuns

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FRIEDRICH II; KING OF PRUSSIA. Letter Signed, "Fch," to the nuns of the convent at Arendsee ("devout and noble dear daughters"), in German, commanding them to give the vacant prebendary to the daughter of Hünicke. 1 page, folio, with integral address leaf; moderate scattered foxing, folds. Berlin, 29 July 1750

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". . . [F]ollowing the death of your . . . Mother Superior von Bardeleben and the ascension . . . of Sister von Platen, the prebend previously held by this same has become vacant, and . . . [of] the two contenders . . . , von Kalben and the daughter of the widow of War Office clerk Hünicke . . . [w]e do desire that this latter be given preference . . . ."