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BNL.738.003
9-16 Feb 1738:11,12 (1769)
London, October 20. 1737. The following letter is inserted
in the Daily Post. . . I lately sent you the character of
the present King of Prussia out of the first volumn in
French of the Baron Pollnitz's Letters and Memoirs, and from
the same volumn I now give you an account of his Prussian
Majesty's troops;-- . . . [detailed descr. of costumes and
pay of all ranks of troops; 7 lines up from bottom of 1st
col.:] Not only the trumpets but even the kettle drums
belonging to the cavalry are all of silver.
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