Letter from August, Prince of Sachsen-Gotha and Altenburg to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, written from Gotha and dated 9 May 1805
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RA 5/101, ‘Sachsen-Gotha und Altenburg, August Prinz von, 1805 Mai 9, Gotha’
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Letter from August, Prince of Sachsen-Gotha and Altenburg to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, written from Gotha and dated 9 May 1805
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Letter from August, Prince of Sachsen-Gotha and Altenburg to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, written from Gotha and dated 9 May 1805.
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Prince August expresses his joy at learning of Goethe’s improved health and thanks Goethe for the fragments of Rameaus Neffen that he sent. He suggests that Goethe translate Voltaire’s Le pauvre diable as there are no poems of this genre in Germany.
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9 May 1805
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