I think Selena's question was: in his diary, does Catt record Fritz saying nice things about FW2? Or are these possibly words Catt put in his mouth later, after FW2 was king? Because the rest of what Fritz has to say about FW2 is not so complimentary, and Catt doesn't seem to have a problem putting words into Fritz's mouth.
Yes, that's what I meant, though considering FW2 died in 1797, and his son FW3 was as fond of him as FW2 was of Fritz (surprise!), Catt, who as I understand it wrote his memoirs much later than 1797, has at least not the reason of wanting favor from (dead) FW2. Unless he feels sorry for him after the fact, since in the 19th century FW2's reputation was as Fritz had declared it to be when alive (he didn't start to get good press until the 20th century got more Fritz-sceptical).
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Yes, that's what I meant, though considering FW2 died in 1797, and his son FW3 was as fond of him as FW2 was of Fritz (surprise!), Catt, who as I understand it wrote his memoirs much later than 1797, has at least not the reason of wanting favor from (dead) FW2. Unless he feels sorry for him after the fact, since in the 19th century FW2's reputation was as Fritz had declared it to be when alive (he didn't start to get good press until the 20th century got more Fritz-sceptical).
Correspondants: AW and Heinrich come to mind...