8 April 1887, Letter from Johann Peter Frautschi to his brother Christian Frautschi
About the Original Manuscript:
8 April 1887, from Johann Peter Frautschi to
his brother Christian Frautschi
Original in University of Wisconsin-Madison. Max Kade Institute.
Frautschi Letters (MKI/Frautschi3/JP1887)
Sender: Johann
Peter Frautschi
Letter begins: Dear Brother, I did receive your letter.
Date: 8 April 1887, Elizabeth, Minnesota
Physical Description: [4] p. on [2] leaves ; 20.5 x 25
cm (entire letter), 20.5 x 12.5 cm (each leaf)
Published versions: none
Notes: Ruled paper. Written in blue ink. Watermark/embossed
image with portrait of a woman (upper left hand corner of 2nd
leaf). In envelope postmarked from Elizabeth, MN Abril 1887(8.5
x 14.5 cm). Secondary postmark cancellation on backside indicates
"Madiso.REC"
About the Electronic Version:
Creation of machine-readable version: Lori
Delaney, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Conversion to TEI-conformant markup: Lori Delaney, University
of Wisconsin-Madison
LIS839
Special Collections in the Digital Environment (Spring 2000)
Note: Page images have been included from the original source.
pages 4 and 1 |
pages 2 and 3 |
envelope
front |
back |
Credits (scanned image): Lori Delaney
Dates (scanning): 4/10/2000, 4/17/2000
Hardware: Mikrotek Scan Maker 4
Scanning software: ScanWizard 3.2.4 (MikrotekLab, Inc.,
c1995)
Summary:
Letter from Johann Peter Frautschi to his brother Christian Frautschi. Includes invitation to Christian to visit Johann, and commentary on the author's state of health. Ends with a religious verse "from Saanen."
Text of letter:
| German | English | SGML-encoded text |
Transliteration:
Translation:
Markup: Lori Delaney
Editorial Notes:
Transliterator includes a question mark (?) where text is uncertain
and [sic] where grammatical errors were identified but remained
as part of the text..
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
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