Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 20

[cahn]

Yuletide signups so far:
3 requests for Frederician RPF, 2 offers
2 requests for Circle of Voltaire RPF, 3 offers !! :D :D

(I am so curious as to who the third person is!)

Comments

Re: Holes in the moon and magic castles, or: odds and ends in the Wilhelmine-Fritz correspondence

[felis]

Thanks! Also for the Algarotti background, :( indeed.

I think they stop mid-1730s, but I can't remember when.

1734, so one year too early.

What date is this?

Wilhelmine's letter to Fritz (not at Trier or in Volz) is from April 3rd, 1753, so Voltaire must have written pretty much immediately after arriving in Leipzig. He didn't write to her, though, but to Montperny - who I assume is the Marquis de Montperny who worked on the construction of the Eremitage (says wiki) - to inquire how he might be received. Montperny apparently showed the letter to Wilhelmine. (I checked the available Voltaire letters here, but it's not there.)