What was the source for that again, an AW letter via Ziebura?
I came across a facsimile of one of the written-on-the-spot passports, provided by Koser, and in a footnote he mentions another write-up of the whole incident, which is based on the two sources that Volz has, plus a report in a journal called "Staatssecretario" and -- a second-hand report from Manteuffel of all people, who apparently talked to some of the people who were on the trip (surely not Fritz!) and had a source in Strasbourg (?) and sent a compiled report to Dresden on September 28th. Says Wiegand. (He also reports that Troeger - yep, again - wrote another account of the trip and doesn't think Manteuffel is all that reliable, because all second-hand, whereas Wiegand himself thinks differently and seems to trust him more.)
Now, the passport is interesting, because it's for both "Graf Ferdinand Albrecht v. Schaffgotsch" AND for Algarotti, who doesn't seem to have had a pseudonym after all, no matter what Rödenbeck says. The thing is dated "28 July 1740" (ha), written by Fredersdorf (says Koser) and signed by Fritz.
The Wiegand write-up is also interesting because while it doesn't have an arrest either, it does mention that Broglie apparently debated detaining them and waiting for orders from Paris how to proceed, but didn't actually do so. Wiegand says both Broglie himself and Manteuffel report that, which means Volz must have left it out? And it still contradicts AW?
In Straßburg, Wartensleben was apparently the one to repeatedly urge caution and less conspicuous behaviour, but Fritz ignored him. (Which makes me wonder if he might have been one of Manteuffel's sources.) Other details: AW ate a lot and didn't say a word during the meal with Broglie, Algarotti, and Wartensleben. Fritz did get to visit the theatre, and attracted curiosity there as well, because he commented loudly on the performance and gave a lot of money to a girl who was selling lottery tickets. (If that anecdote isn't true after all, it was certainly invented by someone who knew him. :P)
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Re: The Strassbourg Trip
Date: 2021-02-15 10:53 pm (UTC)Also, no arrest,
What was the source for that again, an AW letter via Ziebura?
I came across a facsimile of one of the written-on-the-spot passports, provided by Koser, and in a footnote he mentions another write-up of the whole incident, which is based on the two sources that Volz has, plus a report in a journal called "Staatssecretario" and -- a second-hand report from Manteuffel of all people, who apparently talked to some of the people who were on the trip (surely not Fritz!) and had a source in Strasbourg (?) and sent a compiled report to Dresden on September 28th. Says Wiegand. (He also reports that Troeger - yep, again - wrote another account of the trip and doesn't think Manteuffel is all that reliable, because all second-hand, whereas Wiegand himself thinks differently and seems to trust him more.)
Now, the passport is interesting, because it's for both "Graf Ferdinand Albrecht v. Schaffgotsch" AND for Algarotti, who doesn't seem to have had a pseudonym after all, no matter what Rödenbeck says. The thing is dated "28 July 1740" (ha), written by Fredersdorf (says Koser) and signed by Fritz.
The Wiegand write-up is also interesting because while it doesn't have an arrest either, it does mention that Broglie apparently debated detaining them and waiting for orders from Paris how to proceed, but didn't actually do so. Wiegand says both Broglie himself and Manteuffel report that, which means Volz must have left it out? And it still contradicts AW?
In Straßburg, Wartensleben was apparently the one to repeatedly urge caution and less conspicuous behaviour, but Fritz ignored him. (Which makes me wonder if he might have been one of Manteuffel's sources.) Other details: AW ate a lot and didn't say a word during the meal with Broglie, Algarotti, and Wartensleben. Fritz did get to visit the theatre, and attracted curiosity there as well, because he commented loudly on the performance and gave a lot of money to a girl who was selling lottery tickets. (If that anecdote isn't true after all, it was certainly invented by someone who knew him. :P)