Historical Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 40

[cahn]

I'm trying to use my other account at least occasionally so I posted about my Yuletide gifts there, including the salon-relevant 12k fic that features Fritz, Heinrich, Voltaire, Fredersdorf, Saint Germain, Caroline Daum (Fredersdorf's wife), and Groundhog Day tropes! (Don't need to know canon.)

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Re: I'm alive

[mildred_of_midgard]

I'm still on the fence about whether I should leave either Burte's Katte or Ernst's Preußengeist out in favour of the truly... special "Vater und Sohn" by a Mr Joachim von der Goltz which I have not yet read completely but which includes a goodbye letter from Katte to Fritz that is truly astounding in its awfulness :'D

OMG, this sounds amazing, I can't wait!

In one newspaper from 1927 I found an article about how some men in Mecklenburg dressed up as Fritz, his ADC, and master of ceremonies and terrorized the local Finanzamt until it had to shut down for the day. Thought you might find that funny too :'D

I absolutely find it funny!

What I could make out on the most urgent one was:

This is great, this is more than I got, and once I have a chance to do a close comparison I'm hopeful I can help fill in some blanks. My French is, uh, also questionable secondary school, but I've been brushing up on it lately for Eugene of Savoy gossip. You've given me more material to work with, thanks so much!

And if we get as far as we can on our own, I also have a Facebook friend I don't know well, but well enough to ask her to double check what we came up with and fill in blanks here and there, and she's a native speaker of French.

The handwriting on those is really pretty, what a dream!

Right? I've been telling everyone. Peter, you were a great person with great handwriting, and you deserve not to be forgotten. I will finish your biography!

I currently have more Katte stuff here, mostly correspondence of Katharina Elisabeth/Hans Hermann's stepmom from the 40s.

Oh, yay, we want all the deets when you've finished!

I'd suggest maybe going through Mr Schulz of the GuM in Wust, because I know he is allowed to share her info with interested people. If I give you my e-mail, maybe you could namedrop me for... idk, the connection bonus?

I have received your DM, and I am happy to take care of the correspondence! I will name-drop you with pleasure. :'D

They do know and like me in Wust, they put one of my drawings up and invite me to their field trips :D I finally met Dr. von Katte in person in November and she is the sweetest! She read the school chapter from the manuscript; great fun.

Those are all three awesome sentences!

This is a great update, we're all happy to hear from you, and best of luck with school! You will be hearing from me by email. :D