Source
You should read this to the lords and the notes I have made. You should write me with your opinion, whether it is not solely to my disadvantage that I have the estates [Landtdahge] called and also give 4,000 [taler] fees. However, the land commission [hubencomis, i.e., Generalhufenschoß-Kommission] should continue. I come to my purpose and stabilize the sovereignty and establish the crown firmly like a rock of bronze [Rocher von Bronse] and allow the lord Junkers the hot air [windt] of the estates. One allows the people [to blow] hot air when one comes to the purpose. I await your thoughts.
F William
Source: Die Behördenorganisation
und die allgemeine Staatsverwaltung Preußens im 18. Jahrhundert
[The Organization of the Authorities
and the General State Administration of Prussia in the 18th
Century]. Volume 2: Akten vom
Juli 1714 bis Ende 1717
[Documents from July 1774 to the End
of 1717], ed. G. Schmoller, D. Krauske and V. Loewe. Berlin:
Parey, 1898. (Acta Borussica) p. 352 (no. 175).
Reprinted
in Helmut Neuhaus, ed., Zeitalter des
Absolutismus 1648-1789 [The Era
of Absolutism, 1648-1789]. Deutsche Geschichte in Quellen und
Darstellung, ed. Rainer A. Müller. Volume 5. Stuttgart: P. Reclam,
1997, pp. 337-38.