This write-up is amaaaazing, thank you so much! I'm glad Förster + Preuss turned out to be a good combination. Also, I love how our salon has developed an emphasis on making primary sources available. :D And our skill sets complement each other so well!
In August 1731, Wolden - I think one of the FW installed household guys, yes?
Yep, per your list and also MacDonogh, who agrees with your list.
He's sending the "Puncta", uses the Latin word, which "unfortunate Katte" has left (to Fritz? That's the implication I get) via Pastor Müller before his execution and is sure FW will approve of them, and may Fritz never forget them, but he's good now, it's all good now.
That's really interesting. I know of Katte writing a letter to Fritz about obeying FW, which I'm sure FW would approve of, and also a last will that, according to Lavisse, ended up in Fritz's hands, but in November. I'd also be surprised if they left Katte's "please obey your father" letter nine months before passing it onto Fritz. You'd think that'd be the first thing they'd want him to see. I wonder if they got Fritz a copy of the letter Katte wrote to *his* father.
Anyway, I'm curious what the "Puncta" represents. I just checked Fontane, and I can't tell.
Of interest for fanfiction details: Fritz this early does get a servant, but that guy, not named, is supposed to sleep in town, not in the fortress with Fritz.
That is of interest! All I knew, which I passed on to cahn, was that after his pardon in November, he got to have a servant sleeping with him, not that he had a servant before that who wasn't allowed to sleep in the room.
Our Lehndorff also notes the cross eyedness, but adds Peter is good looking, which FW for some reason does not Mention. The reason being only medium height.)
ROFL. See, my background with Peter's appearance went like this:
Biographer (Asprey?): *quotes FW's description, concludes he wasn't good-looking, gives no source* Me: None of that tells me he wasn't good-looking. I wonder what your source is. Lehndorff: Cross-eyed, but so good-looking you barely noticed. Me: See?! Also, aha, Lehndorff's our source for the squint, like so many other things. FW: The full Asprey description in the "Wanted" poster. Me: Oh, thaaaat's where that came from. Also, I notice FW doesn't think he's good-looking. Selenak: Obviously, Mildred, he's of *medium* height! Me: Oh, duh!
So what we've learned about Lehndorff's taste is that he doesn't mind men of average or below-average height, and he doesn't mind a squint. He also calls Peter "liebenswürdig" a couple of times, just like Heinrich. Hmm. Lehndorff/Peter FWB? :D (Obviously nothing more than that, since Lehndorff lets us know in no uncertain terms when he has feelings for someone.)
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Re: A Katte Related Correspondance, or: No Mercy Like Hohenzollern Mercy
Date: 2020-02-05 05:17 am (UTC)In August 1731, Wolden - I think one of the FW installed household guys, yes?
Yep, per your list and also MacDonogh, who agrees with your list.
He's sending the "Puncta", uses the Latin word, which "unfortunate Katte" has left (to Fritz? That's the implication I get) via Pastor Müller before his execution and is sure FW will approve of them, and may Fritz never forget them, but he's good now, it's all good now.
That's really interesting. I know of Katte writing a letter to Fritz about obeying FW, which I'm sure FW would approve of, and also a last will that, according to Lavisse, ended up in Fritz's hands, but in November. I'd also be surprised if they left Katte's "please obey your father" letter nine months before passing it onto Fritz. You'd think that'd be the first thing they'd want him to see. I wonder if they got Fritz a copy of the letter Katte wrote to *his* father.
Anyway, I'm curious what the "Puncta" represents. I just checked Fontane, and I can't tell.
Of interest for fanfiction details: Fritz this early does get a servant, but that guy, not named, is supposed to sleep in town, not in the fortress with Fritz.
That is of interest! All I knew, which I passed on to
Our Lehndorff also notes the cross eyedness, but adds Peter is good looking, which FW for some reason does not Mention. The reason being only medium height.)
ROFL. See, my background with Peter's appearance went like this:
Biographer (Asprey?): *quotes FW's description, concludes he wasn't good-looking, gives no source*
Me: None of that tells me he wasn't good-looking. I wonder what your source is.
Lehndorff: Cross-eyed, but so good-looking you barely noticed.
Me: See?! Also, aha, Lehndorff's our source for the squint, like so many other things.
FW: The full Asprey description in the "Wanted" poster.
Me: Oh, thaaaat's where that came from. Also, I notice FW doesn't think he's good-looking.
Selenak: Obviously, Mildred, he's of *medium* height!
Me: Oh, duh!
So what we've learned about Lehndorff's taste is that he doesn't mind men of average or below-average height, and he doesn't mind a squint. He also calls Peter "liebenswürdig" a couple of times, just like Heinrich. Hmm. Lehndorff/Peter FWB? :D (Obviously nothing more than that, since Lehndorff lets us know in no uncertain terms when he has feelings for someone.)