78/2424 [Germany]. Augustus Wilhelm, prince of Prussia (1722-1758). Twenty-three AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED by "Guillaume" to "Monsieur le Baron de Spaen", pen and ink, all on fold. leaf, recto only, dated between 1743 and 1757 (i.a. "Berlin" and "Spandau"), partly letters with the wax seal of Alexander Wilhelm von Preussen.

- Most wax seals broken from clumsy opening.

= August Wilhelm von Preussen was a general major in the Prussian army, a brother of Frederick the Great and was his official heir until his death. Letters to Alexander Sweder von Spaen, a personal friend of him and his brother. In most of the letters he thanks him for sending "harangs" (herring) and "huitres" (oysters) (the herrings that he receives are always better than the ones he obtain in Germany). One letter, dated 24 August 1757, has a black mourning border (his mother Sophia Dorothea of Hanover had died a month earlier). The letter dated 2nd January 1743 is a New year's wish but also a thank you note for convincing a deserter from his cavalry regiment to return to his station.