1740 and All That

There are five Keiths in Fritz's life! [ETA, more have turned up since the initial write-up, but I only recently found them and have very little info on them.] It's very easy to get them confused, and most people have at one point or another. Including published authors. So we start with a who's who.

( Straightening out the several Keiths )

For fic research purposes as much as anything, here's pretty much everything I know about Peter Keith. [ETA: see the Eulogy section below, which adds a lot more.]

( Peter Keith )

Now, my own thoughts on why Peter felt so neglected when he got back in the 1740s. It's purely speculative, but it's grounded in the little evidence we have.

( What went wrong )

( Letter from Fritz )

Oh look, it's a much more concise chronology!

( Chronology of Peter's life )

The eulogy from the Academy of Sciences, written shortly after Peter's death:

( Eulogy )

( Trinity College )

( Envoy )

Letters

Some letters, evidently between him and Fritz, survive in the Prussian archives. We have not yet gone to the trouble of purchasing a copy, deciphering the handwriting, and figuring out the French, but we might someday!

( Knobelsdorff & the Tiergarten )

( Residences )

( Sons' Residences )

( Records: Peter's son's baptism, Peter's wife's burial )

( Knyphausen relatives )

( 1730 Flutes )