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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

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envelope

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back

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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:

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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..

 

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