Letter from Katharina Elisabeth Goethe to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, written from Franfurt-am-Main and dated 1 August 1796

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RA 2/311, ‘Goethe, Katharina Elisabeth, 1796 August 1, Frankfurt am Main’

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Letter from Katharina Elisabeth Goethe to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, written from Franfurt-am-Main and dated 1 August 1796

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Letter from Katharina Elisabeth Goethe to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, written from Franfurt-am-Main and dated 1 August 1796

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Katharina talks of the Frankfurt accident, and the French occupation of the city. She talks of the burning of the Judengasse, and reports on the state of the roads and their former home, Frieburger gaße which was also burned down. The situation is, she notes, fatal and threatening. She concludes by saying that almost all of her friends have emigrated so she is usually at home, playing the piano or reading. She notes that she is especially enjoying Voltaire’s Essai sur les mœeurs et l’esprit des nations.

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1 August 1796

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Frankfurt-am-Main

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024