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3 p. ; 19 x 23 cm.
Stolberg sends the manuscript of his
"Otanes" to Göschen with a number of
suggestions for printing: "Mit
nächster Post soll auch der Säugling
kommen, der hat nur etwas über 500
Verse, ist also sehr klein."

3 p. ; 19 x 31 cm.
James was the probable author of
"Letters of Charlotte." - Cf.
Shapiro, The identity of W. James, a
typed ms. article in the Speck Coll.
The authorship was earlier attributed
to William James, d.1777, of Denford,
Berks County by William A. Speck in
his article "Revealing two secrets of
the Sorrowful Werther," in Literary
Digest international book review,
v. 4, 1926.

1 p. ; 17 cm.
With address and armorial seal.
Letter of introduction for three
unnamed young men.

4 p. ; 18 x 23 cm.
Concerns chiefly the publication of
the Göschen edition of Goethe's
collected works.

2 p. ; 20 x 28 cm.
Personal red seal attached.

4 p. ; 18 x 22 cm.

8 p. ; 13 x 18 cm.
Karoline von Wolzogen was Schiller's
sister-in-law and the author of the
novel "Agnes von Lilien" which was at
one time ascribed to Goethe.

2 p. ; 14 x 19.5 cm.
Kraus is sending for the Pandora
Calendar a list of illustrative
materials, among them "1200
Köpfgens."

1 p. ; 20 x 16 cm.
Upper portion of sheet containing list
of items received, torn off.
Below Wieland's signature is written a
bill for firewood, followed by
signature A. A. Cannebich[?]

1 p. ; 6 x 15 cm.
Signed: A. Pickering.
Printed form filled in ms.: Received
of Mrs. Baker the sum of One Guinea
... for two copies of The Sorrows
of Werter ... There were in all 961
subscribers, Mrs. Baker held
receipt no. 344.

3 p. ; 14 x 19 cm.
2 1/4p. by Mrs. Herder, 1 3/4p. by
J. G. Herder.

2 p. ; 19 x 23 cm.
Bode came to Weimar in 1778, where he
became a member of the circle of
the Grandduchess Anna Amalia. An
enthusiastic Mason, he had the
pleasure of inducting both Grandduke
Karl August and Goethe into the
Lodge Anna Amalia. Translator of
Goldsmith, Smollett, and Fielding.

1 p. ; 19 x 20 cm.
Deals with the publication of
Das römische Carnival.
Beginning of 1789?
Published in Goethe-Jahrbuch and
Weimar Ausgabe.

Um gute Federn auf die Reis [Title:
An Anna], May 1, 1789, 4 p. ; 12
x 6 cm.
Freüe Dich Deines Manns, Basel, May
18, 1799, 1 p. ; 5 x 9 cm.
Komm! Herr Jesu! [Title: Seüfzer],
Oct. 7, 1799, 1 p. ; 9 x 5 cm.
Removed from Johann Caspar Lavater's
Erwekkungs-Predigt, Zürich, 1798.

1 p. ; 18.5 x 23 cm.

2 p. ; 16 x 20 cm.

2 p. ; 24 x 21 cm.
Concerning the administration of the
box office at the Weimar theater
and the engagement of an actress.
Printed in the Weimar Ausgabe.

1 p. ; 12 x 18 cm.
Receipt from Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach,
Bergwerks-Commission.
Signed, J.W.v. Goethe, and C.G. Voigt.

2 p. ; 23 x 19 cm.
Remarks accompanying the return of
the fifth volume of the
"Reisebeschreibungen."

1 p. ; 18 x 24 cm.
Talma authorizes the payment of this
bill.

2 p. ; 12 x 18 cm.
Signed: S.
Announcing the birth of a son.

3 p. ; 20 x 33 cm.
Signed: Schnaubert, p.t. prorector.
With 4 opinions, signed: H. Griesbach;
W. Schmid. Paulus: v. Eckardt, C.
Walch, v. Schellwitz, Hufeland,
Nicolaj, Grandl; Saccow, Hennings,
Schütz, Stark, Ulrich, Heinrich,
Voigt, respectively.
Concerning the water-supply at Jena.
Griesbach served for many years as a
member of the municipal council at
Jena.

1 p. ; 21 x 17 cm.
For the fall quarter of his pension.

3 p. ; 19 x 23 cm.

1 p. ; 11 x 19 cm.

1 p. ; 19 x 22 cm.
Personal impressed seal.
In Geist's handwriting.
Goethe is sending a number of books
for Böttiger's library of
numismatics.

1 p. ; 9 x 16 cm.
Receipt from Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach,
Bergwerks-Commission.
Signed by J.W.v. Goethe, G. Voigt,
J.G. Seeger.

11 p. ; various sizes
Letters dated: Jan. 30, 1798; Aug. 5,
1799; Nov. 4, 1799; Mar. 3, 1800;
Apr. 2, 1800; Apr. 10, 1800 and Jun.
8, 1803.
All in the handwriting of Goethe's
secretary Ludwig Geist.
The first six letters concern the
publication of Goethe's Neue
Schriften, Berlin, J.F. Unger, 1792-
1800, 7 vols. The last is a letter of
thanks for Unger's gift of a copy of
Chr. E. von Kleists Sämtliche Werke.
All printed in Weimar Ausgabe.
With: Two letters from Bernhard Suphan
to Prof. K. Budde in Bonn, dated May
27, 1888 and July 11, 1888.

2 p. ; 5 x 19 cm.

2 p. with address "A Monsieur J. F.
Schönemann à Francfort."
Introducing Madame de Lechner; but
chiefly concerned with the proposed
marriage of her daughter Lili with
young Bernard.

3 p. ; 14.5 x 19.5 cm.
Frau Herder inquires whether the Duke
will continue to pay certain monies
which he had formerly agreed to as
subventions for the education of her
four sons.
Published in Dietzmann, Goethe-
Schiller-Museum, Leipzig, 1858.

3 p. ; 18 x 23 cm.
Contains favorable criticism of
Archenholz's account of the
evacuation of Toulon and suggests
to him as the theme for a future
treatise the American Revolution.
Published in Schiller's Briefe, hrsg.
von Fritz Jonas, 1892, v. 4, no.
877.

1 p. ; 14 x 19 cm.
In Geist's handwriting.
With a note from Professor E.
Scheidemantel, Weimar,
authenticating the note.

2 p. ; 24 x 19 cm.
Signed: J. G. Fichte.
A protest against the charge of
atheism which forced Fichte's
resignation from the University of
Jena later that year.
With typed English translation.

2 p. ; 18 x 27 cm.

3 p. ; 13 x 19 cm.

1 p. ; 19 x 23 cm.
Letter of recommendation for the
painter Friedrich Alexander Macco
(Mako), who is coming to Dresden.

1 p. ; 17.5 x 20 cm.

11 x 19 cm.

1 p. ; 24 x 19 cm.
Stark was the physician of the Grand
Duke Karl August.

1 p. ; 19 x 23 cm.

8 p. ; 13 x 20 cm.
Enclosure: Variant versions of
Goethe's Schäfers Klagelied, in
Schütz's handwriting, with his notes.

3 p. ; 11 x 18 cm.
A letter of introduction for two
gentlemen by the name of Mickwitz
from Livonia.

1 p. ; 26 x 19 cm.
With address and red seal.
Regretting not to be able to stop at
Hohenstädt on his trip to Berlin.

1 p. ; 19 x 22 cm.
Signed: Elizabeth, M. D'Anspach,
Bse Berkeley.
With mention of George Leveson-Gower,
2d earl of Granville.

2 p. ; 19 x 32 cm.
Permission granted to accept five
children in the orphanage; signed by
Herder as Fürstlich Sächs., zum Ober
Consistorio verordneter Praesident
und Räthe.

3 p. ; 19 x 23 cm.
Einsiedel was a courtier, author, and
translator; Ridel was an official in
Weimar, later tutor to Prince Karl
Friedrich of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

1 p. ; 19 x 28 cm.