Tonning1 11th. Feb. 1842.
My dear Ferdinand ...2
... (Here it seems Ferdinand had asked for old linen for his chilblains which he suffered much from and got very little sympathy.)3
... The money came from Rostock (There has been loss through different values)4 Uncle wants to accept the boats at the valuation that Mother gave for them, but Authorities want them valued again, and if they are valued at less, Uncle will have to pay difference. Uncle sold his large house to Dr Stolborn(?)5 who is marrying this week. I think he got 4,000 (do not know in what money)
The bride bought for her trousseau a tea service @ 200 (Something)!
Now dear Ferdinand hope you will be here. Bertha sends Greetings and many greetings from little Clara.
Your loving Sister
Iwanne Muller.
Tönning.
translator's elision. All ... following in the letter have this meaning.
(Here ... sympathy.) translator's note. All parentheses following in the letter enclose notes by the translator.
Rostock was the chief city of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, which had its own currency; Tönning was in the Duchy of Schleswig, then under Danish jurisdiction, and had two currencies, that of the old Schleswig-Holstein (used throughout Iwanne's letters) and the Danish currency. The money was probably from the winding up of Louise Müller's residual affairs in Rostock, following her death.
Not identified. See I. Müller to M, 29 December 1840 for a reference to a 'Dr Stobarn'.
Letter not found. The text given here was 'Translated in Sydney from the German', and placed in Louise Wehl's scrap-book.
Please cite as “FVM-42-02-11,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on