18th-Century Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 32

[cahn]

:) Still talking about Charles XII of Sweden / the Great Northern War and the Stuarts and the Jacobites, among other things!

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Re: Earl of Mar

[cahn]

I think my head is exploding a little! That is... really interconnected :) (It's also kind of amazing that I generally speaking know who these people are now! :P )

Re: Earl of Mar

[mildred_of_midgard]

I'm still trying to come to terms with the fact that Oglethorpe was at Hochkirch under a different name!

ETA: And yes, it's extremely exciting how far you've come! (And all of us, really, but especially you!)

Re: Earl of Mar

[selenak]

Re: Oglethorpe, and we still wouldn't know if not for a footnote to the historical-criticial edition of Boswell's German travel diary! (Which manages to explain why Mitchell editor Andrew Bisset, publishing mid 19th century before Boswell's journals got published, had no idea.) Some day in the far, far future when I have way more time, I really must write that Black Sails crossover this immediately brought to mind for me in order to aquaint the world at large with the fact.:)

I'm pretty excited myself about us being able to make all these connections. And hey, that's why cahn won my Frederician Quiz. :)

Re: Earl of Mar

[luzula]

Wait, Oglethorpe? I'm reading about some Oglethorpes right now, and wonder if yours is related? (I mean, probably the answer is yes.)

Re: Earl of Mar

[selenak]

This Oglethorpe.

Re: Earl of Mar

[luzula]

Ah! It looks like he's the brother of the ones I'm reading about; more anon.

Re: Earl of Mar

[mildred_of_midgard]

Cool! Looking forward to it. Americans (or at least cahn and I) have all learned about Oglethorpe in school, multiple times, thanks to him founding the colony of Georgia. Seeing him show up in Frederick the Great history, and especially under a different name (Tebay), was a bit of a shock!

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[cahn]

Yep! If you founded an American colony, I've heard your name, multiple times. (My kids apparently aren't learning this stuff in school... I have no idea what they will come out with in their memories.) I was wondering if he was related!

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[selenak]

I have to say, as colony founders go, Oglethorpe - anti slavery, forbids it (which makes how Georgia turned out after him a bitter irony), falls out with William "The Butcher" Cumberland over the treatment of Scottish rebels, goes undercover to serve with James Keith, is with him and takes care of his slain body in a dangerous battle - sounds like a really good egg!