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3 p. ; 21 x 17 cm.
Concerning the introduction of a book
by Melos as a school text in the
Weimar schools, and a form of
application for admission to the
"Medizinisch-chirurgische pepinière
und Akademie" at Berlin.

1 p. ; 20 x 26 cm.
Through a mishap the book sent him by
the addressee was returned. Humboldt
now begs to be put on the
subscription list for two copies.

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.

2 p. ; 11 x 18 cm.
"Mr. Coupland's book [The spirit of
Goethe's Faust, London, 1885] is
admirable & of very great service to
every student of "Faust." Irving also
expresses his interest in all of
Heine's writings.

2 p. ; 13 x 20 cm.
A letter of introduction closing with
"... in the meantime know - that
Faust is the biggest sweep of my day.
Nothing ever like it in London
before."

1 p. ; 11 x 18 cm.

8 p. ; 11 x 17 cm.
With envelope.
Requesting Winter's assistance in Sir
Henry's contemplated revision of his
Faust adaptation.

1 p. ; 12 x 19 cm.
Signed: Fritz Jacobi.

4 p. ; 18 x 22 cm.

AMs, 99, 6 p. ; 22 x 18 cm.
Manuscript continues on inside back
cover.
Yellow board cover.
"Commonplace-book of F. Jacobi. Gift of
Prof. Manthey-Zorn. W.A.S." pencilled
on inside front cover by Mr. Speck.
"No. 2" on outside cover.

3 p. ; 14 x 22 cm.

1 p. ; 17 x 20 cm.
For receiving pension of 350 Thaler
for the Christmas quarter from
"Grossherzogl. Kammer Central Casse."
A postscript, signed F.L. Gaucke? and
dated Weimar, Oct. 3, 1832,
testifies that Frau von Heygendorf
is still living.

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.

4 p. ; 13 x 20 cm.

4 p. ; 21 x 25 cm.
Deals with her acquaintance with
Ottilie von Goethe.

4 p. ; 20 x 25 cm.
With burned hole affecting the text.

4 p. ; 22 x 26 cm.

4 p. ; 22 x 26 cm.

4 p. ; 22 x 26 cm.

4 p. ; 20 x 24 cm.
Recounts her relations with the
Princess Hohenzollern and the
Countess Zichy.

4 p. ; 20 x 23 cm.
With personal red seal attached.
Watercolor sketch on letterhead.

3 p. ; 20 x 25 cm.
Letters dated: Aug. 17, 27 & 28.

4 p. & 2 p.; 14 x 22 cm. & 14 x 11 cm.

2 p. ; 23 x 20 cm.

4 p. ; 23 x 29 cm.
With personal red seal attached.

4 p. ; 15 x 22 cm.

4 p. ; 15 x 22 cm.

4 p. ; 15 x 22 cm.

4 p. ; 13 x 21 cm.

2 p. ; 19 x 23 cm.
With personal red seal attached.

4 p. ; 13 x 20 cm.

3 p. ; 13 x 18 cm.
Signed: Jean Paul Fr. Richter.

1 p. ; 20 x 12 cm.
Concerning receipts for interest
paid.

AMs, 5 l. ; 27 cm.
Report of research on the above work,
undertaken on behalf of the firm of
B.F. Stevens & Brown, American
library & literary agents, London
who were commissioned by Mr.
William A. Speck.
With: ALS from the firm to Mr. Speck,
Feb. 2, 1917 and ALS from W.S.
Johnson to Mr. Thompson, Jan. 30,
1917, concerning this research.

AMs, 46 l., interleaved with pages of
printed text ; 22 x 12 cm. (Text:
15 x 10 cm.).
Transcriber unknown.
Interleaved text, without title page,
is A. W. Schlegel's German
translation of Shakespeare's Romeo
and Juliet. Leipzig: P. Reclam,
n.d., 5-93 p.

2 p. ; 19 x 11 cm.

4 p. ; 11 x 18 cm.
Signed: C.A.SWE.

1 p. ; 30 x 20 cm.
In an unidentified hand, not Karl
August's.
Includes notation of payments to Frau
v. Heygendorf, née Jagemann, and to
Jagemann.

1 p. ; 20 x 33 cm.
Official black seal attached.
Text within black border.
Signed: Carl August SWE.
With envelope.
Decrees that Güssefeld be bestowed
the "Praedicat eines Secretarii."

1 p. ; 21 x 33 cm.
Transfer of an officer from Apolda
to Kapellendorf; also signed:
CWFhFritsch.

15 p. ; various sizes.
A magical drama, as first performed
at the Princess's Theatre under the
management of Charles Kean on April
19, 1854 and possibly in 1858.
With the prompter's manuscript
regulating the entry of the various
characters, (13 p.).

AMs, 32 p. ; various sizes.
Original Ms of the cast.
Lists several casts, probably for
different performances, dated Oct.
3, 1844 and Nov. 4, 1846.

2 p. ; 25 cm.
With 2 verses in continuation of a
humorous poem by the recipient
directed against Fürst Pückler-
Muskau.

3 p. ; 10.5 x 13 cm.
A picture of Charlotte Kestner will
be sent on request to Mrs. Taylor
by the nephew, Dr. Kestner.

1 p. ; 14 x 10 cm.
Thanking for a letter and giving
her Basel address.

1 p. cut from longer document ;
6 x 20 cm.
Note in lower left hand corner:
"Original-Unterschrift meiner
Mutter. Hannover 10. Juli 1865.
G. Kestner."
Receipt for rent.

1 p. 13 x 19 cm.
Handwritten note: Handschrift meines
Vaters Joh. Christian Kestner.
Hannover Aug. 1865. G. Kestner.

28 p. ; various sizes.
1920 Feb 23, Kew Gardens, L.I. with
envelope.
1920 Mar 3, Kew Gardens, L.I. with
envelope.
1920 May 3, Kew Gardens, L.I. with
envelope.
1920 May 11, Kew Gardens, L.I.
1920 May 17, Kew Gardens, L.I.
1920 Jun 10, correspondence card.
1921 Apr 19, Partenkirchen.
1921 Aug 10, Partenkirchen.
1922 Dec 10, Partenkirchen.
1925 Sep 13, Partenkirchen, within
black border.
n.d., Kew Gardens, L.I.
All bearing on her father's interest
in Goethe.

AMs, 108 p. ; 22 x 17 cm.
"Der Text ist eine Bearbeitung von
H. L. Wagners Kindermörderin für das
Puppen-Theater und dürfte aus den
1880er Jahren stammen." - Ehrhardt.
With: Transcript of play.

1 p. ; 21 x 34 cm.
Request for the transfer of a number
of the more recent manuscripts of
Kotzebue's plays from Berlin to
Weimar, especially that of "Der
Rehbock."
Kirms was a member of the Weimar
Theatre Ways and Means Committee.

2 p. ; 11 x 18 cm.

1 p. ; 19 cm., mounted on inside of
folded double sheet opposite an
engraved portrait of Klopstock.
Only the last 5 lines are in
Klopstock's handwriting.
Announcing shipment of 20 copies of
"Gelehrten Republik" and giving
instructions to forward the
subscription payments to his sister.
A copperplate was enclosed as a memento.

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

4 p. ; 18.5 x 23 cm.

2 p. ; 11 x 17.5 cm.

3 p. ; 18 x 22 cm.

1 p. ; 23 cm.
On stationery of the J. G. Cotta'sche
Buchhandlung.
Congratulations on the occasion of
Cotta's 25th wedding anniversary,
accompanied by Almanach von
Radierungen von M. von Schwind,
Zurich, 1844.
Removed from the volume described
above.

3 p. on 2 l. ; 21 cm.
The initials before the signature are
illegible.
Note at end: Adr. Staatsrath Jacobi.
Submitting poems by B. H. Freudenfeld
for publication in the Morgenblatt
für gebildete Stände.
No enclosure.

1 p. ; 19 x 22.5 cm.
Kotzebue makes suggestions to his
publisher for the marketing of an
"Opern Almanach."

1 p. ; 21 x 25 cm.
Enclosure: Autograph note, signed,
advertisement for a cook, 1 p. ;
16 x 21 cm.
Requesting the newspaper to insert
the enclosed advertisement.

2 p. ; 19.5 x 24 cm.
Personal red seal attached.
Kräuter was librarian at Weimar and
Goethe's private secretary.

3 p. ; 13 x 19 cm.