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1860 Antique Original Hand Written Debt Letter Germany

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1860 Antique Original Hand Written Debt Letter Germany
This original letter is a petition from a destitute invalid for discharge from a debt for a load of firewood. This letter is hand written in pen and ink on a single sheet of paper, 12 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches. It is folded into an envelope, with portion of red wax seal still present. The front is stampless, with blue double circle dated HAGENBURG, and black BUECKEBURG.T.&T. receiving mark. The letter is all in German, and was probably sent in the midst of a cold winter. We have no knowledge of whether the debt was waived, but this was back when people were more sympathetic to those in debt. * * It remains a fine German memento of its time period.