3 June ?1884 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: CU-MARK, UCCL 12611)
Die nexte nächste nechste (◊◊◊◊ (nehmen Sie Ihr Wahl) Stǔnde wird hier am Donnerstag Abend ǔm acht Uhr stattfinden.
Heǔte Abend haben wir eine Wechsel gemacht—also: Die Stǔnde (Vorlesung) y besteht aǔs nǔr 1½ Seiten Schiller’s “Der Verbrecher aǔs verlorner Ehre,” & fingt nicht mit die Anfang an, sondern mit die wor 7te paragraph der Geschichte—wo man liesst wie Folgendes: “Christian Wolf war der sSohn eines Gastwirths. ,” u.s.w. und schliesst mit “zǔchthaǔs der Residenz abgeliefert;”
English translation follows, editorially supplied:
The next next next (◊◊◊◊ (take your pick) lesson will be held here on Thursday evening at eight o’clock.
This evening we have made a change—thus: The lesson (lecture) consists of only 1½ pages of Schiller’s “The Criminal of Lost Honour,” & begins not at the beginning, but with the wor 7th paragraph of the story—where one reads: “Christian Wolf was the son of an innkeeper,” and so on and ends with “delivered to the residence;”
MS, CU-MARK.
Sotheby’s catalog, sale of 19 June 2003 from the collection of Nick Karanovich, lot 134, transcription and translation.
purchased by CU-MARK at the Sotheby’s sale of 19 June 2003 from the collection of Nick Karanovich.
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.