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Anna-Joanna Alexander an Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Berlin <lb></lb>London, 22. Dezember 1835 It was only this morning I received your Letter of the 25th of last Month telling me of the loss you have sustained! That we all have sustained! Our to know him was to love Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Correspondence Online (FMB-C) Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy an Anna-Joanna Alexander in London; Berlin, 25. November 1835 unbekannt Alexander, Anna-Joanna (1793-1859)Alexander, Anna-Joanna (1793-1859) Transkription: FMB-C Edition: FMB-C Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Correspondence Online-Ausgabe (FMB-C). Institut für Musikwissenschaft und Medienwissenschaft. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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 Großbritannien Oxford GB-Ob Oxford, Bodleian Library Music Section M.D.M. d. 30/191. Autograph Anna-Joanna Alexander an Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Berlin; London, 22. Dezember 1835 It was only this morning I received your Letter of the 25th of last Month telling me of the loss you have sustained! That we all have sustained! Our to know him was to love

1 Doppelbl.: S. 1-2 Brieftext, S. 1 am rechten oberen Briefrand Datierung »22t Dec. 35.« von fremder Hand; S. 3 leer; S. Adresse mit Änderungen von zwei fremden Händen, 4 Poststempel [R18 / 24 12 / No5], [BERLIN 11-12 / 1/1], [N 3 / 1/1], [BERLIN 5-6 / 4 / 1], Siegel und Notiz von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: »With best compliments I thank for the good letter«. – Der Brief ist vollständig in lateinischen Buchstaben geschrieben.

Anna-Joanna Alexander

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Die Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Correspondence Online-Ausgabe FMB-C ediert die Gesamtkorrespondenz des Komponisten Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy 1809-1847 in Form einer digitalen, wissenschaftlich-kritischen Online-Ausgabe. Sie bietet neben der diplomatischen Wiedergabe der rund 6.000 Briefe Mendelssohns erstmals auch eine Gesamtausgabe der über 7.200 Briefe an den Komponisten sowie einen textkritischen, inhalts- und kontexterschließenden Kommentar aller Briefe. Sie wird ergänzt durch eine Personen- und Werkdatenbank, eine Lebenschronologie Mendelssohns, zahlreicher Register der Briefe, Werke, Orte und Körperschaften sowie weitere Verzeichnisse. Philologisches Konzept, Philologische FMB-C-Editionsrichtlinien: Uta Wald, Dr. Ulrich Taschow. Digitales Konzept, Digitale FMB-C-Editionsrichtlinien: Dr. Ulrich Taschow. Technische Konzeption der Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Correspondence FMB-C Ausgabe und Webdesign: Dr. Ulrich Taschow.

 22. Dezember 1835 Alexander, Anna-Joanna (1793-1859)counter-resetAlexander, Anna-Joanna (1793–1859) LondonGroßbritannien Mendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Jacob Ludwig Felix (1809-1847) LeipzigDeutschland englisch
Mr Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy 3 Leipziger Strasse Berlin Leipzig.Unbekannt Leipzig.Unbekannt Charlesscoll
Alexander, Anna-Joanna (1793–1859) Alexander, Anna-Joanna (1793–1859) My dear Mr Mendelssohn

It was only this morning I received your Letter of <date cert="high" when="1835-11-25" xml:id="date_377174ec-a79f-47ba-9e66-644618b46184">the 25<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> of last Month</date> <name key="PSN0000001" style="hidden" type="author">Mendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Jacob Ludwig Felix (1809-1847)</name> <name key="fmb-1835-11-25-01" style="hidden" type="letter">Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy an Anna-Joanna Alexander in London; Berlin, 25. November 1835</name> telling me of the loss you have sustainedyour letter of the 25th of last Month telling me of the loss you have sustained – Brief fmb-1835-11-25-01 (Brief 1249) Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy an Anna-Joanna Alexander in London, Berlin, 25. November 1835, enthielt die Nachricht vom Tod Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdys am 19. November 1835.! That we all have sustained! Our to know him was to love himMendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Abraham Ernst (bis 1822: Abraham Moses) (1776-1835), to esteem him!

Our Acquaintance was of short standing but it was sufficient to make us mourn his loss as a dear Friend, to condole and sympathize with you and your familyMendelssohn Bartholdy, Familie von → Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy most sincerely!! We have always talked of the happy chance which it in our power to be of any little Service to your dear fatherMendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Abraham Ernst (bis 1822: Abraham Moses) (1776-1835) when he was Ill hereyour dear father when he was Ill here – Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy zog sich ca. Anfang Juli 1833 in London eine Schienbeinwunde zu, die ihn zum Liegen zwang., for it gained us his friendship. His Letters are all prieyed by me and preserved. The last had dated only the 16th of OctoberThe last had dated only the 16th of October – Mit seinem Brief vom 16. Oktober 1835 (Druck: Boyd Alexander, Some Unpublished Letters of Abraham Mendelssohn and Fanny Hensel, in: Mendelssohn Studien 3, 1979, S. 40-42) beantwortete Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy ein Schreiben Anna-Joanna Alexanders vom 24. Juli 1835. I had begin to answer and only waited the Moscheles’sMoscheles, Familie von → Ignaz M. returnthe Moscheles’s return – Die Familie Moscheles war Ende des Sommers nach Hamburg gereist, sie hielt sich seit dem 7. August 1835 bei Charlotte Moscheles’ dortiger Verwandtschaft auf. Von dort aus reiste Ignaz Moscheles Ende September allein nach Leipzig sowie Mitte Oktober nach Berlin. In den Monaten November / Dezember 1835 schloss sich eine Konzertreise nach Holland und Belgien an. Die Familie kehrte erst Mitte Dezember 1835 nach London zurück. Vgl. Moscheles, Aus Moscheles’ Leben, Bd. 1, S. 298-315. to tell him I had received the sketet<name key="PSN0111899" style="hidden" type="author">Hensel, Wilhelm (1794–1861)</name><name key="CRT0109155" style="hidden" type="art">Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy (Zeichnung 1834, Replik)</name> he mentioned having sent me by him from his son in laws Picture<name key="PSN0111899" style="hidden" type="author">Hensel, Wilhelm (1794–1861)</name><name key="CRT0112831" style="hidden" type="art">Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy (Zeichnung 1834)</name>the sketet … from his son in laws Picture – Mit seinem französischen Brief an Anna-Joanna Alexander in London vom 23. Dezember 1834 übersandte Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy eine Porträtzeichnung von sich, die Wilhelm Hensel angefertigt hatte (Abdruck des Briefs in englischer Übersetzung: Boyd Alexander, Some Unpublished Letters of Abraham Mendelssohn and Fanny Hensel, in: Mendelssohn Studien 3, 1979, S. 35-38). Die Zeichnung beruhte auf Hensels Porträt des Schwiegervaters mit heutigem Standort in Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, Hensel-Alben 10/18. Siehe dazu Boyd Alexander, Felix Mendelssohn and the Alexanders, in: Mendelssohn Studien 1 (1972), S. 99 (Abbildung dieser Zeichnung in Lowenthal-Hensel / von Strachwitz, Europa im Porträt, Bd. 2, S. 32).. Mrs MoschelesMoscheles, Charlotte (1805-1889) sent me your Letter <name key="PSN0000001" style="hidden" type="author">Mendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Jacob Ludwig Felix (1809-1847)</name> <name key="fmb-1835-11-25-01" style="hidden" type="letter">Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy an Anna-Joanna Alexander in London; Berlin, 25. November 1835</name> this Morning which she found on her return to Town last Night. I am glad to hear of your MothersMendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Lea Felicia Pauline (1777-1842) and SistersHensel, Fanny Cäcilia (1805-1847)Dirichlet (Lejeune Dirichlet), Rebecka Henriette (1811-1858) good health & about their resignation to the Will of God! You my dear young friend must also bear up and support your poor Mother.

Your FatherMendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Abraham Ernst (bis 1822: Abraham Moses) (1776-1835) has made a happy change, and you have the great consolation of thinking that he died without suffering and as |2| he wished! and that he always expressed himself to me as being blessed in his FamilyMendelssohn Bartholdy, Familie von → Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy. And in having you as a Son whose conduct and bright Career were his greatest pride! but above all your tender devotion to him when ill here had guite gratified him to see […] – zwei Buchstaben getilgt. that he was quite prepared to die! In all his letters since he has expressed complete satisfaction. In short seemed at the Summit of his happiness in this World. He has left it for a better!

Will you say to your Sister Mrs HanselHensel, Fanny Cäcilia (1805-1847) that I had intended writing to her in aswer to her Postcript to your FathersMendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Abraham Ernst (bis 1822: Abraham Moses) (1776-1835) Last LetterMrs Hansel … her Postcript to your Fathers Last Letter – Fanny Hensel setzte Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdys o. g. Brief vom 16. Oktober 1835 einige Zeilen hinzu (Druck: Boyd Alexander, Some Unpublished Letters of Abraham Mendelssohn and Fanny Hensel, in: Mendelssohn Studien 3, 1979, S. 42).. But I will not do so now. Do offer my SistersAlexander, Margaret Stewart (1791-1861)Crompton, Mary (1806-1867) and my sincere condolence to your MotherMendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Lea Felicia Pauline (1777-1842) & SistersHensel, Fanny Cäcilia (1805-1847)Dirichlet (Lejeune Dirichlet), Rebecka Henriette (1811-1858) and look forward with pleasure to the hope of knowing them personally some day. and renewing my friendship with you and that soon It would do you good to come to EnglandGroßbritannienGroßbritannien. I have not seen either Dr RosenRosen (bis 1817: Ballhorn), Friedrich August (1805-1837) or Mr KlingemannKlingemann, Ernst Georg Carl Christoph Konrad (1798-1862) for a long time I hope they are in GermanyDeutschlandDeutschland and near you to comfort you.

I am sure MaryCrompton, Mary (1806-1867) will feel for you as we are doing. I shall write to her tomorow. She is well as also her BabyCrompton, Helenora Maxwell (1835-1874)Mary … her Baby – Mary Cromptons Tochter Helenora Maxwell war am 22. August 1835 zur Welt gekommen..

MargaretAlexander, Margaret Stewart (1791-1861) is begging me to say every thing that is Kind and condoling to you from her. I can hardly ask you to write to me again. I shall be very anxious to hear how you all are and do assure you I feel your friendship in writing to me in the Midst of your first Grief!

That you and your FamilyMendelssohn Bartholdy, Familie von → Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy may be supposted under your severe affliction is the Prayer of your sincere Friend Anna Joanna Alexander 12 Hanover Terrace December 22th 1835 
            My dear Mr Mendelssohn
It was only this morning I received your Letter of the 25th of last Month telling me of the loss you have sustained! That we all have sustained! Our to know him was to love him, to esteem him!
Our Acquaintance was of short standing but it was sufficient to make us mourn his loss as a dear Friend, to condole and sympathize with you and your family most sincerely!! We have always talked of the happy chance which it in our power to be of any little Service to your dear father when he was Ill here, for it gained us his friendship. His Letters are all prieyed by me and preserved. The last had dated only the 16th of October I had begin to answer and only waited the Moscheles’s return to tell him I had received the sketet he mentioned having sent me by him from his son in laws Picture. Mrs Moscheles sent me your Letter this Morning which she found on her return to Town last Night. I am glad to hear of your Mothers and Sisters good health & about their resignation to the Will of God! You my dear young friend must also bear up and support your poor Mother.
Your Father has made a happy change, and you have the great consolation of thinking that he died without suffering and as he wished! and that he always expressed himself to me as being blessed in his Family. And in having you as a Son whose conduct and bright Career were his greatest pride! but above all your tender devotion to him when ill here had guite gratified him to see that he was quite prepared to die! In all his letters since he has expressed complete satisfaction. In short seemed at the Summit of his happiness in this World. He has left it for a better!
Will you say to your Sister Mrs Hansel that I had intended writing to her in aswer to her Postcript to your Fathers Last Letter. But I will not do so now. Do offer my Sisters and my sincere condolence to your Mother & Sisters and look forward with pleasure to the hope of knowing them personally some day. and renewing my friendship with you and that soon It would do you good to come to England. I have not seen either Dr Rosen or Mr Klingemann for a long time I hope they are in Germany and near you to comfort you.
I am sure Mary will feel for you as we are doing. I shall write to her tomorow. She is well as also her Baby.
Margaret is begging me to say every thing that is Kind and condoling to you from her. I can hardly ask you to write to me again. I shall be very anxious to hear how you all are and do assure you I feel your friendship in writing to me in the Midst of your first Grief!
That you and your Family may be supposted under your severe affliction is the Prayer of your sincere Friend Anna Joanna Alexander
12 Hanover Terrace December 22th 1835          
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We have always talked of the happy chance which <gap quantity="1" reason="covering" unit="words"></gap> it in our power to be of any little Service to your dear <persName xml:id="persName_57a4592e-038a-43ae-b9c4-1c10aa1b268e">father<name key="PSN0113247" style="hidden" type="person">Mendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Abraham Ernst (bis 1822: Abraham Moses) (1776-1835)</name></persName> when he was Ill here<note resp="FMBC" style="hidden" type="single_place_comment" xml:id="note_6f020d8c-11c6-4223-9b44-511948f242e6" xml:lang="de">your dear father when he was Ill here – Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy zog sich ca. Anfang Juli 1833 in London eine Schienbeinwunde zu, die ihn zum Liegen zwang.</note>, for it gained us his friendship. His Letters are all prieyed by me and preserved. The last had dated only the <date cert="high" when="1835-10-16" xml:id="date_49609285-a33c-4dab-a490-589d7123df42"><date cert="high" when="1835-10-16" xml:id="date_c473b854-c675-4570-a6ec-f9f80fdb3f06">16<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> of October</date></date><note resp="FMBC" style="hidden" type="single_place_comment" xml:id="note_4c538dfb-dd9d-4ed0-94f5-cf070cabc07e" xml:lang="de">The last had dated only the 16th of October – Mit seinem Brief vom 16. Oktober 1835 (Druck: Boyd Alexander, Some Unpublished Letters of Abraham Mendelssohn and Fanny Hensel, in: Mendelssohn Studien 3, 1979, S. 40-42) beantwortete Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy ein Schreiben Anna-Joanna Alexanders vom 24. Juli 1835.</note> I had begin to answer and only waited the <persName xml:id="persName_845f4280-142a-47e8-9587-53b347ff4af8">Moscheles’s<name key="PSN0113434" style="hidden" type="person">Moscheles, Familie von → Ignaz M.</name></persName> return<note resp="FMBC" style="hidden" type="single_place_comment" xml:id="note_0bf2dd55-99dc-4e26-8708-f4f0ade65d19" xml:lang="de">the Moscheles’s return – Die Familie Moscheles war Ende des Sommers nach Hamburg gereist, sie hielt sich seit dem 7. August 1835 bei Charlotte Moscheles’ dortiger Verwandtschaft auf. Von dort aus reiste Ignaz Moscheles Ende September allein nach Leipzig sowie Mitte Oktober nach Berlin. In den Monaten November / Dezember 1835 schloss sich eine Konzertreise nach Holland und Belgien an. Die Familie kehrte erst Mitte Dezember 1835 nach London zurück. Vgl. Moscheles, Aus Moscheles’ Leben, Bd. 1, S. 298-315.</note> to tell him I had received <title xml:id="title_d21264e7-e09f-4ba0-8a70-c0a79442f494">the sketet<name key="PSN0111899" style="hidden" type="author">Hensel, Wilhelm (1794–1861)</name><name key="CRT0109155" style="hidden" type="art">Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy (Zeichnung 1834, Replik)</name></title> he mentioned having sent me by him <unclear reason="covering" resp="FMBC">from</unclear> <title xml:id="title_670c9581-8b1d-4156-ba84-3585453e174d">his son in laws Picture<name key="PSN0111899" style="hidden" type="author">Hensel, Wilhelm (1794–1861)</name><name key="CRT0112831" style="hidden" type="art">Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy (Zeichnung 1834)</name></title><note resp="FMBC" style="hidden" type="single_place_comment" xml:id="note_2635f0d3-187e-4df5-9f9c-1abfd94f8852" xml:lang="de">the sketet … from his son in laws Picture – Mit seinem französischen Brief an Anna-Joanna Alexander in London vom 23. Dezember 1834 übersandte Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy eine Porträtzeichnung von sich, die Wilhelm Hensel angefertigt hatte (Abdruck des Briefs in englischer Übersetzung: Boyd Alexander, Some Unpublished Letters of Abraham Mendelssohn and Fanny Hensel, in: Mendelssohn Studien 3, 1979, S. 35-38). Die Zeichnung beruhte auf Hensels Porträt des Schwiegervaters mit heutigem Standort in Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, Hensel-Alben 10/18. Siehe dazu Boyd Alexander, Felix Mendelssohn and the Alexanders, in: Mendelssohn Studien 1 (1972), S. 99 (Abbildung dieser Zeichnung in Lowenthal-Hensel / von Strachwitz, Europa im Porträt, Bd. 2, S. 32).</note>. <persName xml:id="persName_d6bea20e-51a9-4faa-9593-ad1191bdb4a8">M<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi> Moscheles<name key="PSN0113436" style="hidden" type="person">Moscheles, Charlotte (1805-1889)</name></persName> sent me your <title xml:id="title_a18685a3-9a6b-4092-953c-2faefc33c4d6">Letter <name key="PSN0000001" style="hidden" type="author">Mendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Jacob Ludwig Felix (1809-1847)</name> <name key="fmb-1835-11-25-01" style="hidden" type="letter">Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy an Anna-Joanna Alexander in London; Berlin, 25. November 1835</name> </title> <date cert="high" when="1835-12-22" xml:id="date_e7ca09fe-2201-4e5e-bda6-cd41b82fadba">this Morning</date> which she found on her return to Town <date cert="high" when="1835-12-21" xml:id="date_0969a9b7-521c-4755-9154-d89832fcf5d4">last Night</date>. I am glad to hear of your <persName xml:id="persName_f696e8e4-e7a3-4f21-9899-b0a1c81a4852">Mothers<name key="PSN0113260" style="hidden" type="person">Mendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Lea Felicia Pauline (1777-1842)</name></persName> and <persName xml:id="persName_c1f1ce14-9bd2-459f-a855-b3675ffacbd6">Sisters<name key="PSN0111893" style="hidden" type="person">Hensel, Fanny Cäcilia (1805-1847)</name><name key="PSN0110673" style="hidden" type="person">Dirichlet (Lejeune Dirichlet), Rebecka Henriette (1811-1858)</name></persName> good health &amp; <unclear reason="covering" resp="FMBC">about</unclear> their resignation to the Will of God! You my dear young friend must also bear up and support your poor Mother.</p> <p>Your <persName xml:id="persName_b2ec286c-ae00-43f7-aee0-2c0fa83e44bf">Father<name key="PSN0113247" style="hidden" type="person">Mendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Abraham Ernst (bis 1822: Abraham Moses) (1776-1835)</name></persName> has made a happy change, and you have the <hi n="1" rend="underline">great</hi> consolation of thinking that he died without suffering and as<seg type="pagebreak"> |2|<pb n="2" type="pagebreak"></pb></seg> he <hi n="1" rend="underline">wished</hi>! and that he always expressed himself to me as being <hi n="1" rend="underline">blessed in his <persName xml:id="persName_ac672384-48d6-4281-adc6-60ac7b928de6">Family<name key="PSN0113241" style="hidden" type="person">Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Familie von → Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy</name></persName></hi>. And in having <hi n="1" rend="underline">you</hi> as a Son whose conduct and bright Career were his greatest pride! but above all your tender devotion to him when ill here had guite gratified him to see <gap quantity="2" reason="erasing" unit="characters"></gap><note resp="FMBC" style="hidden" type="text_constitution" xml:id="note_639ded36-6f04-46a5-aa57-21f7cc45e33e" xml:lang="de">[…] – zwei Buchstaben getilgt.</note> that he was quite prepared to die! In all his letters since he has expressed complete satisfa<supplied reason="covering" resp="UW">ction.</supplied> In short seemed at the Summit of his happiness in this World. He has left it for a better!</p> <p>Will you say to your Sister <persName xml:id="persName_7622038b-fae6-41cc-88d1-22c63878d12d">M<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi> Hansel<name key="PSN0111893" style="hidden" type="person">Hensel, Fanny Cäcilia (1805-1847)</name></persName> that I had intended writing to her in aswer to her Postcript to your <persName xml:id="persName_4745e383-6e3e-4701-9c3d-f9be1fe6e99d">Fathers<name key="PSN0113247" style="hidden" type="person">Mendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Abraham Ernst (bis 1822: Abraham Moses) (1776-1835)</name></persName> Last Letter<note resp="FMBC" style="hidden" type="single_place_comment" xml:id="note_887a91d0-5c99-4075-ba5e-60d1d2888949" xml:lang="de">Mrs Hansel … her Postcript to your Fathers Last Letter – Fanny Hensel setzte Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdys o. g. Brief vom 16. Oktober 1835 einige Zeilen hinzu (Druck: Boyd Alexander, Some Unpublished Letters of Abraham Mendelssohn and Fanny Hensel, in: Mendelssohn Studien 3, 1979, S. 42).</note>. But I will not do so now. <hi n="1" rend="underline">Do</hi> offer my <persName xml:id="persName_65f7e3d2-57e6-4586-a516-dea588c6a7cc">Sisters<name key="PSN0109429" style="hidden" type="person">Alexander, Margaret Stewart (1791-1861)</name><name key="PSN0110503" style="hidden" type="person">Crompton, Mary (1806-1867)</name></persName> and my sincere condolence to your <persName xml:id="persName_8e6f8dc9-c79b-4ecb-b517-b7fee9209284">Mother<name key="PSN0113260" style="hidden" type="person">Mendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Lea Felicia Pauline (1777-1842)</name></persName> &amp; <persName xml:id="persName_143f7eea-0122-408e-9def-58199bc53bd6">Sisters<name key="PSN0111893" style="hidden" type="person">Hensel, Fanny Cäcilia (1805-1847)</name><name key="PSN0110673" style="hidden" type="person">Dirichlet (Lejeune Dirichlet), Rebecka Henriette (1811-1858)</name></persName> and look forward with pleasure to the hope of knowing them personally some day. and renewing my friendship with you and <hi n="1" rend="underline">that</hi> <hi n="1" rend="underline">soon</hi> It would do you good to come to <placeName xml:id="placeName_b347f691-ad33-4258-af87-366551d0c284">England<settlement key="STM0104802" style="hidden" type="area">Großbritannien</settlement><country style="hidden">Großbritannien</country></placeName>. I have not seen either <persName xml:id="persName_58ae11b8-9438-4c18-9efb-f2fb3fc89eb2">D<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Rosen<name key="PSN0114283" style="hidden" type="person">Rosen (bis 1817: Ballhorn), Friedrich August (1805-1837)</name></persName> or <persName xml:id="persName_9c61b400-da33-4afc-adc2-7ebc1bca9a54">M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Klingemann<name key="PSN0112434" style="hidden" type="person">Klingemann, Ernst Georg Carl Christoph Konrad (1798-1862)</name></persName> for a long time I hope they are in <placeName xml:id="placeName_3857d620-6df9-434e-9105-07b58a0d8403">Germany<settlement key="STM0104839" style="hidden" type="area">Deutschland</settlement><country style="hidden">Deutschland</country></placeName> and near you to comfort you.</p> <p>I am sure <persName xml:id="persName_5132f384-dc88-4c1a-ba5b-b515327c28b5">Mary<name key="PSN0110503" style="hidden" type="person">Crompton, Mary (1806-1867)</name></persName> will feel for you as we are doing. I shall write to her tomorow. She is well as also her <persName xml:id="persName_781c48dc-7161-4c28-96ce-b1152246b938">Baby<name key="PSN0119980" style="hidden" type="person">Crompton, Helenora Maxwell (1835-1874)</name></persName><note resp="FMBC" style="hidden" type="single_place_comment" xml:id="note_43ade662-f784-4198-bbdd-e3a5d60ad76e" xml:lang="de">Mary … her Baby – Mary Cromptons Tochter Helenora Maxwell war am 22. August 1835 zur Welt gekommen.</note>.</p> <p><persName xml:id="persName_ce0ccda7-a995-4da0-9fd1-1eef4ce016c7">Margaret<name key="PSN0109429" style="hidden" type="person">Alexander, Margaret Stewart (1791-1861)</name></persName> is begging me to say every thing that is Kind and condoling to you from her. I can hardly ask you to write to me again. I shall be <hi n="1" rend="underline">very anxious</hi> to hear how you all are and do assure you I <hi n="1" rend="underline">feel</hi> your friendship in writing to me in the Midst of your first Grief!</p> <closer rend="left">That you and your <persName xml:id="persName_014ad74e-5b50-410a-9ff9-96987b68c117">Family<name key="PSN0113241" style="hidden" type="person">Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Familie von → Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy</name></persName> may be supposted under your severe affliction is the Prayer of your sincere Friend</closer> <signed rend="right">Anna Joanna Alexander</signed> <dateline rend="left">12 Hanover Terrace</dateline> <dateline rend="left"><date cert="high" when="1835-12-22" xml:id="date_acbdf664-d8b9-4673-985d-79375d77333c">December 22<hi rend="superscript">th</hi></date></dateline> <dateline rend="left"><date cert="high" when="1835-12-22" xml:id="date_876d5d1f-d0fe-4583-a61e-e0e626c7cc6a"><hi n="1" rend="underline">1835</hi></date></dateline> </div> </body> </text></TEI>