PRUSSIA. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (1715-1797) wife of Frederick II, king of Prussia. L.A.S. "Elisabeth," to Princess Sophie Galitzine; half-page in-8, on rose-framed embossed paper, addressed with red wax seal (a bit creased with slight marginal splits); in French. "If what you asked me had depended on me you would not have been delayed for a single moment, but it took the permission of the Empress who granted it to me". She wishes him a good trip and hopes that his aunt is not too seriously ill...