Who did generally have a good reading on FW, plus of course had Grumbkow to tell him the FW mood du jour.
Right, that's what I was thinking: he might have been the first to figure this out, while everyone else is left wondering. Which is why November 1 as a date at which the pardon has been decided felt far too early to you and me. Seckendorff (and Grumbkow) were more on top of things!
Also: not that I want to give you more opportunities to make me fall even further behind in commenting than I already am, zomg :P, but while researching this question, I (re)discovered a 1792 biography + collection of contemporary documents of Seckendorff written by a descendant or other family member, which is now in the library in 4 volumes. The first two volumes seem to be a straightforward biography in German, judging by my skimming of German in an old-fashioned font, and the next two are commentaries and documentation around his political accomplishments, in a mixture of French and German.
Anyway, it's there if we want it, as reference if nothing else. I put it in the biographies folder, despite the collection of documents. Many of these bios are a mixture, thanks to scholars being nice about publishing their sources. (Debating moving Volz's Spiegel to the documents folder, since it seems to be more purely a collection of documents?)
Seckendorff
Right, that's what I was thinking: he might have been the first to figure this out, while everyone else is left wondering. Which is why November 1 as a date at which the pardon has been decided felt far too early to you and me. Seckendorff (and Grumbkow) were more on top of things!
Also: not that I want to give you more opportunities to make me fall even further behind in commenting than I already am, zomg :P, but while researching this question, I (re)discovered a 1792 biography + collection of contemporary documents of Seckendorff written by a descendant or other family member, which is now in the library in 4 volumes. The first two volumes seem to be a straightforward biography in German, judging by my skimming of German in an old-fashioned font, and the next two are commentaries and documentation around his political accomplishments, in a mixture of French and German.
Anyway, it's there if we want it, as reference if nothing else. I put it in the biographies folder, despite the collection of documents. Many of these bios are a mixture, thanks to scholars being nice about publishing their sources. (Debating moving Volz's Spiegel to the documents folder, since it seems to be more purely a collection of documents?)