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2 February 1898, Letter from Johann Peter Frautschi to his brother Christian Frautschi
About the Original Manuscript:
2 February 1898, letter from Johann Peter Frautschi
to his brother Christian Frautschi
Original in University of Wisconsin-Madison. Max Kade Institute.
Frautschi Letters (MKI/Frautschi3/JP1898)
Title and statement of responsibility: JP1898 2 February 1898, from Johann Peter Frautschi
to his brother Christian Frautschi
Sender: Johann Peter Frautschi
Letter begins: "Dear Brother, I was happy to receive
your letter ..."
Date: 1898 Feb. 2, Elizabeth, MN
Physical Description: [3] p. on [2] leaves ; 21 x 25 cm.,
folded to 13 x 21 cm.
Notes: Embossed with a shield pattern (10 cm. from right
edge, 2 cm. from top edge). Impression appears on page one and
page 4 (apparently done while letter is folded). Paper ruled in
blue. Written in (now faded) black ink. Accompanying envelope,
10 x 14 cm, dated "Feb. 2. /98" Hand cancelled on recto
in Elizabeth, MN, Feb. (date illegible). Machine cancelled on
verso Feb 8, 1898, 6pm, in Madison, WI. Envelope partially faded,
but otherwise intact. Opened from the left side.
About the Electronic Version:
Creation of machine-readable version: Scott
Watkins, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Description of document: Jenny Pearson, Sarah McCord, Cheng Shang,
Scott Watkins.
Conversion to TEI-conformant markup: Scott Watkins, 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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pages 4 and 1 |
pages 2 and 3 |
| jpeg file (pages 4 and 1) | jpeg file (pages 2 and 3) |
envelope
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front |
back |
| jpeg file (front) | jpeg file (back) |
Credits (scanned images): Jenny Pearson, Sarah McCord,
Cheng Shang, Scott Watkins.
Date(s) of scanning: April 4, 2000, April 17, 2000, April
24, 2000.
Hardware: Mikrotek Scan Maker 4
Scanning software: Scan Wizard 3.2.4 (MicrotekLab, Inc.,
c1995)
Summary:
Letter from Johann Peter Frautschi to his brother Christian Frautschi (named on envelope). Greetings and well wishes. Report of weather, illnesses and death, though not within the family.
Text of letter:
| German | English | SGML-encoded text |
Transliteration:
Translation:
Markup:
Editorial Notes:
Two words in the second paragraph of the original letter are missing from the German transcription. The word "und" in the third paragraph has been transcribed as "uns."
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
