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Transcribe Page - Hermann Raster to Sophie Raster, December 7, 1871

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[preprinted] United States Internal Revenue, Collector's Office, 1st District, Illinois,

Chicago, [/preprinted] Donnerstag 7. Dez. 1871.

Meine liebe arme Schwester

So eben erhalte ich von Mathilde die Mitthei= lung, daß auch Du am 13. November das Unglück gehabt hast abzubrennen. Soll denn dieses Jahr 1871 ein Jahr des Fluches für unsere ganze Familie sein? Recht herzlich hat mich gefreut, zu hören, daß Du wenigstens Deine Geistesgegenwart behalten hast, da ich fürchte, daß mir Mathilde in Bezug auf den Werth der geretteten Sachen das Unglück zu mild schildert. Ich kann mir denken, daß Ihr auf dem Boden des Hauses manche Sachen von Werth, Betten u. dgl.


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