So can you tell if this is the last volume of the published journals?
No. It's titled "Volume I" (of the retirement journals), but then if Schmidt-Lötzen died of a stroke in 1922, it still would be titled this, because he had intended to publish more. A quick googling doesn't tell me when he died, btw, but it did reveal to me where Lehndorff's original manuscripts, both the still preserved diaries and the still saved correspondance and notes, are kept these days. Not in the Prussian State Archive in Berlin, but in the Saxon state archive in Leipzig, along with all the Lehndorff family papers (i.e. including the globetrotter who named himself after the Wandering Jew and thus brought the moniker "Ahasverus" in the family). A quick look in the subsection of our Lehndorf shows me that in the subdepartment "notes, exercise books and diaries", which is here, shows me that in addition to being an avid diary writer, Lehndorff did what we do - he excerpted interesting quotes from historical letters and diaries in notebooks (what with not having the internet at his disposal). And evidently filled two notebooks with quotes from letters by Liselotte (of the Palatinate, d'Orleans, the Liselotte), which were already published in his day. Lehndorff, your taste in whose quotes to be fascinated by can't be faulted. You're one of us! There's also one item titled Brautwerbung Ernst Ahasverus Heinrich von Lehndorffs bei der Oberburggräfin von Tettau um ihre Enkelin Catharine du Rosey from the year 1749, i.e. young Lehndorff asking the Countess von Tettau for the hand of her granddaughter Catharine du Rosey (later to become Frau von Katte instead). Summary description "contains among other things description of intrigues", presumably why the match faltered and the family handed her over to the Kattes instead. The dating of 1749 - as opposed to Lehndorff later mention of it as 1751 - is interesting; either he proposed in 1749 and they were an item until 1751, which is unlikely, I mean, one year between proposal and engagement is the done thing, but not two unless you're a royal and there are endless negotiations -, or he's just misremembering. If the later, it might be because his mother quickly proposed an alternate match in 1751 which he rejected.
If all of this sounds like a quick to the Leipzig State Archive would be great: yeah, if one were able to read unorthodox spelling in Rokoko era French hand written letters and note books with the occasional German sentence! As it is, I am really profoundly grateful for Schmidt-Lötzen's translations and editions.
I don't think there was anything about Lehndorff's personality or association with EC and Heinrich calculated to make Fritz think of him as a candidate for important jobs.
Depressingly, the few times Lehndorff rates messages from the King - via third parties like Eichel or some post 7 Years War official - are rebuffs, as when Eichel told him the King wouldn't grant his request to be allowed to travel with Hotham, or when he's told in 1764 just after the Borck firing the King doesn't want him to hang out so much with young future FW2, either. (1964: remember, also a fraternal year of silence because Heinrich has refused the saluting at the head of his regiment business at the Spandau revue. Being Heinrich's long term friend with benefits and also hanging out with Crown Prince Junior = not a way to endear yourself to Fritz that year!)
Re: would Lehndorff been able to do the job, I'll put my thoughts on this in my reply to Cahn.
I loved the St. Germain quip, too. He was definitely one of the most colourful people of the era.
Re: The Lehndorff Report: 1776
No. It's titled "Volume I" (of the retirement journals), but then if Schmidt-Lötzen died of a stroke in 1922, it still would be titled this, because he had intended to publish more. A quick googling doesn't tell me when he died, btw, but it did reveal to me where Lehndorff's original manuscripts, both the still preserved diaries and the still saved correspondance and notes, are kept these days. Not in the Prussian State Archive in Berlin, but in the Saxon state archive in Leipzig, along with all the Lehndorff family papers (i.e. including the globetrotter who named himself after the Wandering Jew and thus brought the moniker "Ahasverus" in the family). A quick look in the subsection of our Lehndorf shows me that in the subdepartment "notes, exercise books and diaries", which is here, shows me that in addition to being an avid diary writer, Lehndorff did what we do - he excerpted interesting quotes from historical letters and diaries in notebooks (what with not having the internet at his disposal). And evidently filled two notebooks with quotes from letters by Liselotte (of the Palatinate, d'Orleans, the Liselotte), which were already published in his day. Lehndorff, your taste in whose quotes to be fascinated by can't be faulted. You're one of us! There's also one item titled Brautwerbung Ernst Ahasverus Heinrich von Lehndorffs bei der Oberburggräfin von Tettau um ihre Enkelin Catharine du Rosey from the year 1749, i.e. young Lehndorff asking the Countess von Tettau for the hand of her granddaughter Catharine du Rosey (later to become Frau von Katte instead). Summary description "contains among other things description of intrigues", presumably why the match faltered and the family handed her over to the Kattes instead. The dating of 1749 - as opposed to Lehndorff later mention of it as 1751 - is interesting; either he proposed in 1749 and they were an item until 1751, which is unlikely, I mean, one year between proposal and engagement is the done thing, but not two unless you're a royal and there are endless negotiations -, or he's just misremembering. If the later, it might be because his mother quickly proposed an alternate match in 1751 which he rejected.
If all of this sounds like a quick to the Leipzig State Archive would be great: yeah, if one were able to read unorthodox spelling in Rokoko era French hand written letters and note books with the occasional German sentence! As it is, I am really profoundly grateful for Schmidt-Lötzen's translations and editions.
I don't think there was anything about Lehndorff's personality or association with EC and Heinrich calculated to make Fritz think of him as a candidate for important jobs.
Depressingly, the few times Lehndorff rates messages from the King - via third parties like Eichel or some post 7 Years War official - are rebuffs, as when Eichel told him the King wouldn't grant his request to be allowed to travel with Hotham, or when he's told in 1764 just after the Borck firing the King doesn't want him to hang out so much with young future FW2, either. (1964: remember, also a fraternal year of silence because Heinrich has refused the saluting at the head of his regiment business at the Spandau revue. Being Heinrich's long term friend with benefits and also hanging out with Crown Prince Junior = not a way to endear yourself to Fritz that year!)
Re: would Lehndorff been able to do the job, I'll put my thoughts on this in my reply to Cahn.
I loved the St. Germain quip, too. He was definitely one of the most colourful people of the era.