Yes, and we do know from the Fritz/EC letters they were on fruit exchanging terms. (One of the nicer Fritz letters to EC is when he says thank you for one of her baskets of Schönhausen-grown fruit and promises he'll surpase her with his countergift.)
Yes, exactly! That's what I had in mind. I think this might be a case of "king's treasurer sending melon seeds to queen's chamberlain," not Fredersdorf sending melon seeds to Lehndorff.
But it does reinforce your point that they had a working relationship as intermediaries for their respective bosses, which I'm sure Lehndorff could draw on when dropping by in October as a private individual.
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Re: Melon seeds
Date: 2024-07-08 08:11 am (UTC)Yes, exactly! That's what I had in mind. I think this might be a case of "king's treasurer sending melon seeds to queen's chamberlain," not Fredersdorf sending melon seeds to Lehndorff.
But it does reinforce your point that they had a working relationship as intermediaries for their respective bosses, which I'm sure Lehndorff could draw on when dropping by in October as a private individual.