Beethoven, Ludwig van. AUTOGRAPH DRAFT OF A LETTER, ABOUT HIS NEPHEW KARL probably to the lawyer Dr. Johann Baptist Bach, apparently relating to Beethoven's litigation over the guardianship of his nephew, concerning his nephew's property, stating that his grandmother Theresia Reiss made him sole heir in her will, noting that her portion of the estate of her father, Paul Lamatsch, has been for the last four years with the Vienna Magistracy, having previously been in Retz, impressing upon him that the authorities should be informed about this, in order to prevent delay and chicanery, asserting that it is certain that 1000 fl. of this estate will belong to his nephew; Beethoven also states that it will be necessary to procure a document concerning the 7000 fl. belonging to his nephew as a result of the sale of Frau van Beethoven's house in the Alservorstadt, and appending at the end the address of this house as well as that of her current abode, 2 pages, large folio (38.5 x 23.6cm), no place or date [Vienna, 1821], horizontal and vertical folds
Beethoven, Ludwig van. AUTOGRAPH DRAFT OF A LETTER, ABOUT HIS NEPHEW KARL probably to the lawyer Dr. Johann Baptist Bach, apparently relating to Beethoven's litigation over the guardianship of his nephew, concerning his nephew's property, stating that his grandmother Theresia Reiss made him sole heir in her will, noting that her portion of the estate of her father, Paul Lamatsch, has been for the last four years with the Vienna Magistracy, having previously been in Retz, impressing upon him that the authorities should be informed about this, in order to prevent delay and chicanery, asserting that it is certain that 1000 fl. of this estate will belong to his nephew; Beethoven also states that it will be necessary to procure a document concerning the 7000 fl. belonging to his nephew as a result of the sale of Frau van Beethoven's house in the Alservorstadt, and appending at the end the address of this house as well as that of her current abode, 2 pages, large folio (38.5 x 23.6cm), no place or date [Vienna, 1821], horizontal and vertical folds
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