Patent, dass die Haeute und Felle In der Chur-Marck Nicht ausserhalb Landes gefuehrt warden sollen.

(GERMANY).

Gotthardt Schlechtigers Wittwe

Berlin

1717

Decree issued by Friedrich Wilhelm I to prohibit the export of leather and fur from Prussia. Trading within the country remains permitted, leather and fur destined for export would be confiscated. Both Jewish and Christian traders were purchasing these goods in Prussia and reselling them elsewhere. This was problematic since the leather and fur produced in the country was needed within it. Friedrich Wilhelm I was king of Prussia and elector of Brandenburg from 1713 until his death in 1740. He is popularly remembered as “the Soldier-King” (der Soldatenkönig) and was an able administrator. A central concern of his was the modernization of the army and ensuring that it be well-equipped.