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Memoirs Of The Late Colonel Frederick.
MEMOIRS OF THE LATE COLONEL FREDERICK .
HPHIS gentleman , whose melancholy end has lately been so much - " - a subject of public discussion , was-the only son of the unfortunate Baron NieuhofF , afterwards better known to the world as Theodore , * king of Corsica . Frederick followed the fortunes of his father , when the former was obliged to abandon a crown with which he was invested by the free consent of the people . They took refuge in England ; and Frederick remained with his father during the whole
of his residence in this country , and principally contributed to support him , while the Corsican king was confined for debt in the Fleet prison . He was afterwards patronized by the late Duke of Wirtemberg , to whom he was distantly related ; and he was allowed a pension from the court of Wirtemberg till the Duke ' s death . Before he threw himself wholly on the patronage of the Duke of Wirtemberg ,
he lived at the court of Berlin , as a kind of Reading-Secretary to the late king of Prussia ; but , not being treated with the kindness he had reason to expect , he attached himself to the Duke of Wirtemberg . When he asked the king ' s permission to enter into the service of the duke , the . king made a faint attempt to retain him ; but finding that he was resolved , the king haughtily said , ' Well , it is right that one beggar should live with another . ' '
The colonel , if we are right in our recollection of his own sto ry , married a maid of honour to the great Maria Theresa , empress of . Germany . Frederick had made application to the' court of Vienna for some employment , through the medium of a recommendation to this lady , who was so struck by his person , manners , and good sense , that , as she afterwards acknowledged , she had purposely delayed to urge his applicationin order to prolong'his attendanceand have
, , more frequent interviews with him . At length they married , but the union did not tend to advance his interest , but , on the contrary , seemed likely to overwhelm him with the cares of a-family . The lady did not long partake of his misfortunes , but died , after havinoproduced a son and a daughter . The son was killed in America , as he was gallantly fighting in the service of his country : he was a very
handsome and intelligent youth . The daughter is now alive , and is the heiress of nothing but the misfortunes of her family . She has been married many years , and is now in very untoward circumstances , with three daughters and one son to support . The daughters , we understand , are very fine and accomplished young women . One of them is said to possess literary talents of no inferior order . The son is about sixteen , and as they all naturally feel the reasonable and be-
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Memoirs Of The Late Colonel Frederick.
MEMOIRS OF THE LATE COLONEL FREDERICK .
HPHIS gentleman , whose melancholy end has lately been so much - " - a subject of public discussion , was-the only son of the unfortunate Baron NieuhofF , afterwards better known to the world as Theodore , * king of Corsica . Frederick followed the fortunes of his father , when the former was obliged to abandon a crown with which he was invested by the free consent of the people . They took refuge in England ; and Frederick remained with his father during the whole
of his residence in this country , and principally contributed to support him , while the Corsican king was confined for debt in the Fleet prison . He was afterwards patronized by the late Duke of Wirtemberg , to whom he was distantly related ; and he was allowed a pension from the court of Wirtemberg till the Duke ' s death . Before he threw himself wholly on the patronage of the Duke of Wirtemberg ,
he lived at the court of Berlin , as a kind of Reading-Secretary to the late king of Prussia ; but , not being treated with the kindness he had reason to expect , he attached himself to the Duke of Wirtemberg . When he asked the king ' s permission to enter into the service of the duke , the . king made a faint attempt to retain him ; but finding that he was resolved , the king haughtily said , ' Well , it is right that one beggar should live with another . ' '
The colonel , if we are right in our recollection of his own sto ry , married a maid of honour to the great Maria Theresa , empress of . Germany . Frederick had made application to the' court of Vienna for some employment , through the medium of a recommendation to this lady , who was so struck by his person , manners , and good sense , that , as she afterwards acknowledged , she had purposely delayed to urge his applicationin order to prolong'his attendanceand have
, , more frequent interviews with him . At length they married , but the union did not tend to advance his interest , but , on the contrary , seemed likely to overwhelm him with the cares of a-family . The lady did not long partake of his misfortunes , but died , after havinoproduced a son and a daughter . The son was killed in America , as he was gallantly fighting in the service of his country : he was a very
handsome and intelligent youth . The daughter is now alive , and is the heiress of nothing but the misfortunes of her family . She has been married many years , and is now in very untoward circumstances , with three daughters and one son to support . The daughters , we understand , are very fine and accomplished young women . One of them is said to possess literary talents of no inferior order . The son is about sixteen , and as they all naturally feel the reasonable and be-