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Transcribe Page - Margarethe Raster and Hermann Raster to Anna Oppenheim, December 27, 1870

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Margarethe Raster and Hermann Raster to Anna Oppenheim, December 27, 1870, p. 1 - image of

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[top of page, written in pencil] from Margarethe Enclosure - drawing of Baby Gertruds' hand. Letter is long description of Christmas presents. Last page by Hermann. [/top of page, written in pencil]

[roman:] Chicago [/roman ] d. 27/12 1870.

Weihnachten! Schönes fröhliches Weihnachten! Wie tausendmal habe ich Euch hergewünscht in unsren glücklichen, frohen Familienkreis unsere Freude und unsere reichen Gaben zu theilen. Hier liege ich auf dem Sopha unter dem Weihnachtsbaume, der prachtvoll ausge= schmückt, mit wundervollen Blumen= bouquets, Knallbonbons, Wachsfrüchten Gold und Silbersternen, Fischen und Ballons, sowie mit Zuckerwerk. Letzteres macht den kleinsten Bestandtheil aus, da Jeder seinen [roman:] Candy [/roman] in einer Schach Schachtel bekam, namentlich ein schönes Stück [roman:] mandolato [/roman], hier türkisch [roman:] nu= gat [/roman] genannt, ein Lieblingsnaschwerk von uns. Hier liege ich und erhole mich


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