After much pondering, could "bau" be not a construction in progress, but making arrangements to have a place to store the secret library? It feels like a stretch, but I don't know how many buildings could bring Fritz even hypothetical pleasure ca 1727-1729.
But if it's the 1750s, why on earth is Fritz "one alone"? Doesn't he have other people he can summon? And if they were this close all of a sudden, why didn't Lehndorff notice and tell us? He may fail in his Katte-reporting duties, but he always gives us the Team Keith gossip!
So I'm really leaning toward the Crown Prince dating, if only I could figure out what the building was. (The Crown Prince theory is what I had in mind when I said the ordering of the papers doesn't necessarily mean anything, but I didn't want to influence you, Selena, before I'd heard your own opinions.)
I really wanted to track down the Borck letters from that period and compare the paper, handwriting, etc., but I can't find them in the archive catalog. Curses!
Or perhaps I should say I can't find them *yet*. For the other key component to being an amateur historian, besides being shameless about asking for favors, is being an absolute terrier when you want something!
Re: Letter from Fritz...to Peter?
But if it's the 1750s, why on earth is Fritz "one alone"? Doesn't he have other people he can summon? And if they were this close all of a sudden, why didn't Lehndorff notice and tell us? He may fail in his Katte-reporting duties, but he always gives us the Team Keith gossip!
So I'm really leaning toward the Crown Prince dating, if only I could figure out what the building was. (The Crown Prince theory is what I had in mind when I said the ordering of the papers doesn't necessarily mean anything, but I didn't want to influence you, Selena, before I'd heard your own opinions.)
I really wanted to track down the Borck letters from that period and compare the paper, handwriting, etc., but I can't find them in the archive catalog. Curses!
Or perhaps I should say I can't find them *yet*. For the other key component to being an amateur historian, besides being shameless about asking for favors, is being an absolute terrier when you want something!