AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT likely from FREDERICK THE GREAT

[1853]. Manuscript. Light creases from folding; writing dark and clear. About Fine and uncommon. HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT completely in Carlyle's hand but not signed of @250 words on the verso of a letter (8" x 9-7/8") addressed to the writer notifying him of his election to the Atheneum. Mostly in ink with additions in pencil, the notes appear to be historical and biographical research in preparation for the writing of his biography of Frederick the Great. The notes spill over to the bottom of the letter.