Friedrich Landgraf
of Hesse-Eschwege, Swedish Major General (1617-1655). Eh. Letter with signature, dated at headquarters March 17, 1648. 4°. 2 leaves, 1 p. inscribed a. with address a. seal. Multifold. To the mayor and council of the city of Giessen (?), after "cattle and fodder have been given before the semptical generals, whether now we manufactured our trumpeter to the distance whether in hope they would have also considered us, but has not happened...." He also demands cattle and fodder. - Landgrave Frederick was brother-in-law of the later King Charles X Gustav of Sweden and as "The Flying" a member of the Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft. - Rare. D
