The cheek-patting/slapping anecdote I knew came from Suhm (and in fact included in my Suhm write-up in Rheinsberg), but not that it happened during the baptism of Grumbkow's son.
2. The FW reads Wolff anecdotes (here). Makes sense that this came from Manteuffel.
Indeed! Glancing at the passage you liked, I see FW managing his anger issues slightly better after reading Wolff and regretting not having encountered his works sooner, but only very temporarily, because 1739 resumes being full of stories of FW at his worst.
I still think it's interesting that in spring of 1739, Fritz (at Rheinsberg) is sending AW (in Berlin/Potsdam) some Wolff to read, and in September of 1739, FW is offering Wolff a job. Unless someone gives me dates indicating that FW was reading Wolff before that Fritz letter, I imagine AW going, "Dad! He's not a godless heathen after all!" and FW thinking, "Well, if Favorite Son will vouch for him..."
After hunting boars, FW sent the killed ones to Jews who had to buy them at five Reichsthaler a piece, even though they obviously couldn't eat them.
This anecdote Selena had told us about in her Morgenstern write-up, but I don't think I was aware it was attested in the Saxon archives as well.
Manteuffel: I admit that this performance filled me with terror from which I have not yet recovered: the stubbornness of the oboist and his son struck me, but less so than the tranquility with which the tormenting of these unfortunates was observed.
Yikes. This one I didn't know (or at least remember) at all!
Finally, some reports on FW deterioration in 1740, which include the fact that Fritz gave money/reassurance to people who got their pensions/etc taken away due to FW's bad mood, and also the anecdote that FW forbid his cooks to taste any of the food they cooked (because he suspected them of stealing) and that he reduced food for SD's table, which Fritz supposedly supplemented.
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Re: Reports from the Dresden State Archive - FW
Date: 2022-01-09 08:41 pm (UTC)The cheek-patting/slapping anecdote I knew came from Suhm (and in fact included in my Suhm write-up in Rheinsberg), but not that it happened during the baptism of Grumbkow's son.
2. The FW reads Wolff anecdotes (here). Makes sense that this came from Manteuffel.
Indeed! Glancing at the passage you liked, I see FW managing his anger issues slightly better after reading Wolff and regretting not having encountered his works sooner, but only very temporarily, because 1739 resumes being full of stories of FW at his worst.
I still think it's interesting that in spring of 1739, Fritz (at Rheinsberg) is sending AW (in Berlin/Potsdam) some Wolff to read, and in September of 1739, FW is offering Wolff a job. Unless someone gives me dates indicating that FW was reading Wolff before that Fritz letter, I imagine AW going, "Dad! He's not a godless heathen after all!" and FW thinking, "Well, if Favorite Son will vouch for him..."
After hunting boars, FW sent the killed ones to Jews who had to buy them at five Reichsthaler a piece, even though they obviously couldn't eat them.
This anecdote Selena had told us about in her Morgenstern write-up, but I don't think I was aware it was attested in the Saxon archives as well.
Manteuffel: I admit that this performance filled me with terror from which I have not yet recovered: the stubbornness of the oboist and his son struck me, but less so than the tranquility with which the tormenting of these unfortunates was observed.
Yikes. This one I didn't know (or at least remember) at all!
Finally, some reports on FW deterioration in 1740, which include the fact that Fritz gave money/reassurance to people who got their pensions/etc taken away due to FW's bad mood, and also the anecdote that FW forbid his cooks to taste any of the food they cooked (because he suspected them of stealing) and that he reduced food for SD's table, which Fritz supposedly supplemented.
Nor any of these. Thanks for sharing!