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!
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Re: Letter from Fritz...to Peter?
Date: 2023-06-23 02:42 am (UTC)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!