#mülloch

[john-laurens]

"Adieu, my dear friend; while circumstances place so great a distance between us, I entreat you not to withdraw the consolation of your letters. You know the unalterable sentiments of your affectionate Laurens." - John Laurens to Alexander Hamilton, July 1782

"Adieu_ My dear Muller_ be assured, that though Providence has placed us at a great distance, my heart loses nothing of its’ old love, & esteem for you_" - Francis Kinloch to Johannes von Müller, October 26, 1787

[my-deer-friend]

Francis Kinloch: Woe is me! If only women were smart and interesting enough to be satisfying intellectual companions! What can be done? Random enlightenment thinker: Well, how about you support my plan for women's educ-- Francis Kinloch: Oh, I know! Time to get very weird and intense about my bestie.

[oneandonlyhunter]

Shit post

if you had to choose, if you had to choose...

Lams or Mülloch?

...

IT'S A TIE

[john-laurens]

"Kinloch will not write to you, as he says, being a little angry with you because you dont answer his letter"

-Louis de Manoël de Végobre to John Laurens, February 18, 1775

"Write to me."

-Francis Kinloch to John Laurens, April 28, 1776

"What possibly can be the reason, my dear Historian, that I never hear from you? & is it all to no purpose that I have written as regularly as I have done?  Are you determined to put my patience to the proof?  if so, you have undertook a much harder task than you think for._

…

I have not time to read Over what I have wrote to you, for the Post is this Moment going out; the reason of my being so late was the resolution I had taken not to write to you till I should have received a letter from you_ But I Could not resist the temptation_ Adieu_ My dear Cimbrian historian

Write to Me"

-Francis Kinloch to Johannes von Müller, December 2, 1776 (view the very embellished "Write to Me" here)

RIP to Kinloch for repeatedly falling for men with abysmal track records for correspondence. Interestingly, Kinloch's response to Laurens's lack of letters seems to have differed from his response to Müller for the same issue. When Laurens failed to return Kinloch's letters, there was anger, at least as reported by Végobre. It also seems that Kinloch actually stopped his correspondence with Laurens (or at least did not write him a letter at the same time as Végobre) since we get a report on Kinloch's decision from Végobre rather than a letter from Kinloch himself. However, it is difficult to know how long Kinloch may have stopped writing to Laurens or if he truly waited to receive a letter from Laurens before writing again - we are missing many of the letters sent from Kinloch to Laurens. In contrast, Kinloch took more of a teasing tone with Müller, as was common in their correspondence. While Kinloch chided Müller for failing to respond to his numerous letters, he simultaneously assured Müller that his patience had not worn thin. He even admitted to giving in to the "temptation" of writing yet another letter to Müller while he waited for something in return.

[oneandonlyhunter]

mülloch thing LOLLL

no because tell me why

TELL ME WHY

Müller and Kinloch are so like, genuinely in love

Can't they just travel Switzerland together for the rest of Eternity...