From Sebastian Hartwig
ALS: American Philosophical Society
<Gotha, April 28, 1778, in German: I have heard that you plan
to return to America this summer, and make you a humble
request: would you send me a bill of exchange for a hundred
louis? You have a safe means of forwarding it by Privy Councilor
Grimm, who is in Paris as ambassador and would send it
to my Duke. My brother in America will then repay you or
the United States. If you will not do this, will you tell Ambassador
Grimm, to be forwarded through chief court mistress
Buchwald, whether I may accompany you to America to see
my beloved brother? I have served the ducal house for forty
years, and am confident that my master would give me a year’s
leave and would be glad to hear not only that you were sending
the money but also that I might go with you. I am sixty-two
and my brother sixty-five, and we have not seen each
other for thirty-four years; if you bring us together he will love
you tenfold more.>
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