ABSTRACT
In January 1676, Johann Karl Kahm, an offi cial in the court of the Duke of Hannover, offi cially offered Leibniz a position as Councilor-but not Privy Councilor, as Leibniz had requested-for a generous salary. Leibniz, deciding that he must accept the inevitable, wrote a formal acceptance but still continued to hope for other possibilities. He had been corresponding with the new Elector in Mainz, asking if he might remain in his position as political emissary for that court in Paris, hopefully with the addition of a modest salary. However, those hopes were dashed when his friend Melchior Friedrich von Schönborn informed him that, much though the Elector might want to support Leibniz, the money simply was not available.The archdiocese had its limitations, even when the most brilliant man in the world was involved.
