Dear valued brother

Dear valued brother!

I received your letter correctly, but what in […= ]. You […] the opinion […] the invitation to my wedding reception and maybe you can fulfill it later [….] pretty many. […] written about our situat= ion […] but since you wrote in your last letter that you want to know all news […], so I write you all news in great detail.

The parents […]

Therefore, I may […]

But I must […]

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Wedding [pay for][1], which cost me pretty much money. It was taken from my money, but everything throughout, with […] kisses a= nd over the wedding 200 $[2] (I had those and 250$ […] after the wedding I had 10$ left in my […= ;] money […]) I’m left with […] I can’t spend […= ]

I have 1,000$ and otherwise everything is to my highest satisfaction, which would be at least from a […] with 400$, but even better was an understanding girl with 24 years that was 10 times more valua= ble for me than everything she brought for us.

[…] Your mother is still […]

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[…] I don’t quite to father […]

[…] must I your

[…] brother […]

[…] that leaves 1,250$ […]

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I don’t know what else you own, you probably don’t have much left. E= ser used a lot of money to buy fields, cultivate [3] each year and he was unlucky in the stable; a few years he had to dispose o= f 2 good cows with big damage and last year a heavy calf, although the calf to money […]

Now I think I wrote you everything that I know about t= hese circumstances. You will recei= ve a part from this amount that father is still left with, but I don’t know how much exactly. Nothing was arranged, because we rarely came together.= Maybe they already made arrangements in Hilpertshofen. […]

Enough to be able to ingratiate, which is well known by stupid Besche and he notices it quickly […]

But nothing of that has woes. Thus, you have to get a fair amoun= t, because I promised it to you. I wanted

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to take care of this, because you were always my favor= ite brother, with consideration and understanding, since only 70 […] separated from me, the aspiration[4] for Hilpertshofen was never as big any more.

Then the […] very wrong is always written on the= front of the store.[5] I still take it very easy with our father, leave the others alone and don’t comment, I trust a loving and understanding brother like myself; are we both healthy, we have enough (stuff) I want to say. She you rather […]

I […] you with a honest letter to me to tell me = open hearted, (with) how (much) you were happy and what would satisfy you, relea= sed or not released⁴, so that I can adjust to it and use my possibilities.