Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 23

[cahn]

aaaaaand it's time for a new discussion post! :D (you guys are so fast!)

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Re: Tidbits from Hanbury Williams

[mildred_of_midgard]

Yeah, Sydow was my guess, too, but I didn't have any context. I thought of checking the Fredersdorf letters just now and what do you know, Fritz mentions him - as "Sidau" - in 1745: von Sydow and two other pages are supposed to get velvet clothing, and Richter says in the footnote that he was Fritz' favourite of the three.

Oh, nice! Good detective work!