April 9, 1757: no, she does not quote from a document there. She just says that this is when the dismissal happens. I should say there aren’t any footnotes at all, not in this chapter nor as far as I can see in the rest of the book, but whenever she provides a direct quote - as when Fritz gives a cabinet order saying Pfeiffer has managed the commisson badly, for example - , I’m assuming she has found the document in question in the archives. (The Prussian Secret State Archive and the Berlin city archive.) She also includes the occasional facsimile, as of Fredersdorf’s letter to Frau von Marschall. (No, I can’t read it. It’s 18th century hand writing. I can make it out his signature, that’s all.) BTW, the format of the book is very scan unfriendly large, in case you’re wondering.
April 9, 1757: no, she does not quote from a document there. She just says that this is when the dismissal happens.
One of these days, we should order a copy of the original April 3, 1757 document from the archives and see if we can get prinzsorgenfrei to help us read it! (Along with several other items I'm interested in.)
BTW, the format of the book is very scan unfriendly large, in case you’re wondering.
Gah! This is exactly what I was wondering and was going to ask. Hang onto it, then, I guess, and maybe someday I'll be in Germany and can pick it up and see if I can make it work with my fancy digitizing technology. (I don't trust the overseas mail enough to risk sending the only copy I've been able to find.) Or if another copy comes on the market for a reasonable price, I'll consider ordering it, now that we know it contains reams of data and won't just be tossed aside after a quick skim.
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Re: The Kiekemal Tale: Commissioners, Councillors and Colonists
Date: 2021-09-04 02:58 am (UTC)Re: The Kiekemal Tale: Commissioners, Councillors and Colonists
Date: 2021-09-04 02:11 pm (UTC)One of these days, we should order a copy of the original April 3, 1757 document from the archives and see if we can get
BTW, the format of the book is very scan unfriendly large, in case you’re wondering.
Gah! This is exactly what I was wondering and was going to ask. Hang onto it, then, I guess, and maybe someday I'll be in Germany and can pick it up and see if I can make it work with my fancy digitizing technology. (I don't trust the overseas mail enough to risk sending the only copy I've been able to find.) Or if another copy comes on the market for a reasonable price, I'll consider ordering it, now that we know it contains reams of data and won't just be tossed aside after a quick skim.