Depends how early in their relationship this is, I'd say. Also, don't forget, both Gröben and Fredersdorf aren't really good comparisons. Frederdorf because everyone is du-ing their valet, and Gröben because he and Fritz are in the army together, where, again, "du" shows up more often. Plus: the main language Fritz thinks in is French, and there, he's vous-ing even his beloved sister, so the formal mode of address does not signal the same kind of distance it would to us.
Outlier question, though: did you make the identification that this letter was written by Fritz, or did the archive? I mean, is it signed "Friech" or any variation thereof? Because while I don't think Peter would have kept a German letter from SOME GUY... hey, just imagine we're chewing on this and all the time it's not a Fritz note but one from, say, Knobelsdorff!
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Re: Letter from Fritz...to Peter?
Date: 2023-06-23 04:07 pm (UTC)Outlier question, though: did you make the identification that this letter was written by Fritz, or did the archive? I mean, is it signed "Friech" or any variation thereof? Because while I don't think Peter would have kept a German letter from SOME GUY... hey, just imagine we're chewing on this and all the time it's not a Fritz note but one from, say, Knobelsdorff!