Letter from August, Prince of Sachsen-Gotha and Altenburg to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, written from Gotha and dated 5 November 1801

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RA 3/1412, ‘Sachsen-Gotha und Altenburg, August Prinz von, 1801 November 5, Gotha’

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Letter from August, Prince of Sachsen-Gotha and Altenburg to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, written from Gotha and dated 5 November 1801

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Letter from August, Prince of Sachsen-Gotha and Altenburg to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, written from Gotha and dated 5 November 1801.

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August praises Schiller’s Jungfrau von Orleans, which he believes has defeated Voltaire’s La Pucelle d’Orleans.

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5 November 1801

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Record created by:

Zoe Screti

Record created on:

29 August 2024