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Transcribe Page - Hermann Raster to Sophie Raster, May 8, 1872

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[preprinted:] United States Internal Revenue, Collector's Office, 1st District, Illinois, Chicago, [/preprinted] 8. Mai [preprinted:] 187 [/preprinted]2.

Meine liebe Schwester

Für Deine freundlichen Glückwünsche zu meinem 45. Geburtstage meinen herzlichsten Dank. Die darin leise ausgedrückte Besorgniß, daß ich mich zu sehr dem Kummer um Verlorenes hingeben möge, ist zum Glück grundlos. Daß in den ersten Wochen, sogar Monaten nach der Katastrophe, besonders so lange [roman:] Gretchens [/roman] Zustand so peinlich war, meine Stimmun= gen sehr trübe waren, ist wohl be= greiflich, doch das ist völlig vorbei. Der glückliche Zufall, daß ich das Amt hatte, hat verhindert, daß die Katastrophe für


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