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3 p. A philosopher. Thanking for a collecting subscribers for a work he is preparing for the publisher Vieweg

2 p. Theater director, founder of Leipzig Stadttheater

14 p. The first letter chiefly concerns Matthias Claudius; mentions of Herder, the brothers Stolberg, Bahrdt, Bodmer, Lenz; the third and fourth letters contain a character sketch of Goethe, with mention of Werther, Wagner's Prometheus and Menschen, Thiere und Goethe

Correspondence with Eliza von- der Recke chiefly relating to Cagliostro. With handwritten transcripts of his Manifest, copies of letters to von Blankenberg, and copies of letters from C.F. Nicolai, all relating to Lavater's controversy with Nicolai. Includes exchange of letters between Elisa von der Recke and J.D. Uhlenhuth; her letter to Uhlenhuth is in a ms. copy and includes Tiedge's poem An Christus; also bound in are autobiographical notes by her and a fragment of an account of her return trip from Italy in the company of Tiedge and party. With typed manuscripts of all items.

1 p. On stationery with a watermark representing Friedrich August I, King of Saxony. Concerning the baptism of Winkler's daughter.

1 p. Author of short stories, plays and poems. Concerning various contributions to the Abendzeitung and her new historical novel on Maximilian II; mentions the birth of Winkler's daughter