You make a very good case. The almost identical phrasing in the Camas letter reminds me of how Fritz used the same text in his letters to both Duhan and Algarotti in 1740. He does this, and this truly was a depressing time for him despite impending victory against MT, for the reasons you name, plus this is the height of his fallout with Wilhelmine (lunch with MT!, September 1745 being when FS gets crowned in Frankfurt as Emperor and MT‘s route to Frankfurt takes her through Bayreuth territory), and Biche has been dognapped.
Also, this explanation would account for all the different things listed in the letter, especially the „bau“, for which we did not find a good explanation in the Peter theories for either the 1720s or the 1750s.
Given Peter inherited Knobelsdorff‘s books, I think it‘s plausible for Knobelsdorff to have used the letter as a reading marker in a book and for Peter to find it later and keep it.
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Re: Letter from Fritz...to Peter? - or not?
Date: 2023-06-24 01:34 pm (UTC)Also, this explanation would account for all the different things listed in the letter, especially the „bau“, for which we did not find a good explanation in the Peter theories for either the 1720s or the 1750s.
Given Peter inherited Knobelsdorff‘s books, I think it‘s plausible for Knobelsdorff to have used the letter as a reading marker in a book and for Peter to find it later and keep it.