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January 16, 1889, Letter from Christian Frautschi to his brother Johann Frautschi
About the Original Manuscript:
January 16, 1889, from Christian Frautschi
to his brother Johann Frautschi
Original in University of Wisconsin-Madison. Max Kade Institute.
Frautschi Letters (MKI/Frautschi3/C1889)
Sender: Christian Frautschi
Letter begins: Most beloved brother John, The news that
all was well ...
Date: 1889 Jan. 16, Madison, WI, USA
Published versions: none
Physical Description: [4] p. on [2] leaves ; 20 x 30 cm.
folded to 7 x 13 cm
Notes: Additional physical features include a watermark
with company Rialto. Additional line of text in right margin of
first page. Paper yellowed. Written in black ink. Paper folded
to fit envelope.
About the Electronic Version:
Creation of machine-readable version: Terry
Kemper, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Conversion to TEI-conformant markup: Terry Kemper, University
of Wisconsin-Madison
LIS839 Special Collections in the Digital Environment
(Spring 2000)
Note: Page images have been included from the original source.
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| jpeg file (pages 4 and 1) | jpeg file (pages 2 and 3) |
watermark |
| jpeg file (watermark) |
Credits (scanned image): Terry Kemper
Date(s) (scanning): April 10, 2000 & April 17, 2000
Hardware: Microtek Scan Maker 4
Scanning software: ScanWizard 3.2.4 (MicrotekLab, Inc.,
c1995)
Summary:
Letter relates news from Christian Frautschi in Madison, Wisconsin
to his brother Johann back in Switzerland. Christian writes of
the job situation as well as family and town news. This includes
a new birth of a daughter, a son attending high school, and the
addition of many new improvements to the town such as electric
lights, running water and sewers.
Text of letter:
| German | English | SGML-encoded text |
Transcription: Lowell Frautschi
Translation: Lowell Frautschi
Markup: Terry Kemper
Editorial Notes:
It is interesting to notice the use of the english word "January" in the dateline versus the german word for the month. This shows the beginning of a shift from german to English.
Commercial use prohibited. Copyright 2000, by the The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Created: 14 April 2000
Comments to: dalbello@scils.rutgers.edu
or kkurdylo@wisc.edu
