I'm not sure he would necessarily have mentioned Suhm in a letter to Wilhelmine--I don't know if he ever did--
He did, though not in this year (that I know of). I just looked up Volz' edition of their letters again, and in the year 1736, when Fritz is still in Berlin, we get on March 10th:
Fritz: Little Suhm is my ordinary companion and La Chetardie the extraordinary one. We philosophize at our heart's content. Now we've arrived at the metaphysics of the famous Wolff, undoubtedly the most perfect philosphical work we possess.
Wilhelmine writes back, still in March 1736: I am delighted you're spending your time so agreeably; I would love to join your sessions and learn philosophy in your school. I suspect little Diablotin - for this is how we used to call Suhm back in the day, didn't we? - needs his own philosophy dearly; for he isn't popular at court, and in a bad financial position. Accordingly, his mind will offer him comfort for the losses he suffered. (The rest of the letter is about Wolff, Descartes and the awful Schwedt cousins.)
If Fritz and Wilhelmine, neither of whom were tall, call him "little", I assume Suhm was Heinrich's size?
These are the only references to Suhm in the first Volz volume. I haven't counterchecked Trier, but I don't recall any others there, either. Then again, as one Wilhelmine biographer pointed out, the entirety of the letters of any of the siblings have never been published, always selections because they really wrote such a lot. Anyway, as far as can be seen, you're in the clear re: the first real Suhm and Fritz encounter, and since it's such a wonderful scene, it shall remain my headcanon forever.
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Re: With You, There's a Heaven - Suhm
Date: 2020-08-10 11:12 am (UTC)He did, though not in this year (that I know of). I just looked up Volz' edition of their letters again, and in the year 1736, when Fritz is still in Berlin, we get on March 10th:
Fritz: Little Suhm is my ordinary companion and La Chetardie the extraordinary one. We philosophize at our heart's content. Now we've arrived at the metaphysics of the famous Wolff, undoubtedly the most perfect philosphical work we possess.
Wilhelmine writes back, still in March 1736: I am delighted you're spending your time so agreeably; I would love to join your sessions and learn philosophy in your school. I suspect little Diablotin - for this is how we used to call Suhm back in the day, didn't we? - needs his own philosophy dearly; for he isn't popular at court, and in a bad financial position. Accordingly, his mind will offer him comfort for the losses he suffered. (The rest of the letter is about Wolff, Descartes and the awful Schwedt cousins.)
If Fritz and Wilhelmine, neither of whom were tall, call him "little", I assume Suhm was Heinrich's size?
These are the only references to Suhm in the first Volz volume. I haven't counterchecked Trier, but I don't recall any others there, either. Then again, as one Wilhelmine biographer pointed out, the entirety of the letters of any of the siblings have never been published, always selections because they really wrote such a lot. Anyway, as far as can be seen, you're in the clear re: the first real Suhm and Fritz encounter, and since it's such a wonderful scene, it shall remain my headcanon forever.