You are bidding on onehandwritten, signed letter of the philosopher Johann Georg Mußmann (1795-1833), from 1829 professor at the University of Halle.
Dated Giebichenstein, 28. July 1828.
Giebichenstein is now a district of Halle, where Mußmann was a private lecturer at the time.
Aimed at his “dear mother”. However, what is meant is not his biological mother, but rather Carolina Student, b. Tornow (* 1774) in Berlin, dhe mother of his fiancée Angelika Luise Student (1808-1880), whom he was to marry in 1830, i.e. his future mother-in-law. Back then, people usually just called their mother-in-law “mother.”
After Mußmann's early death, his widow married him in 1843 Private lecturer and later professor of philosophy in Berlin Karl Heinrich Althaus (1806-1886).
Is mentioned a Dr. Bötticher from Berlin, di der Educator and historian Wilhelm Bötticher (1798-1850),Senior teacher at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Berlin and father of Cultural philosopher and orientalist Paul de Lagarde (1827-1891). Mußmann's fiancée was with Bötticher's wife Luise Bötticher, née, who died young. Klebe (1808-1827) was a friend.
Scope:2 of 4 pages described (21 x 13 cm); without envelope.
Excerpts:"Your dear letter, dear mother, delighted me almost at the same moment when I was surprised by Dr. Bötticher's visit at 6 a.m. and was just about to write to you. [...] I have to go into town at 9 a.m. because a friend of mine is having a dispute and I want to have the letter to you and the enclosed lines to my little love sent out in the mail at 12 p.m. I thank you from the bottom of my heart not only for your kind, motherly words, but especially for your kind, motherly advice. Regarding my brother, you can easily think that I was not without worries and often even painful compassion; But since I didn't think I could help except for an exceptional opportunity, I haven't been able to answer him yet. [...] I therefore really want to make one more attempt at Hintz in Danzig first, and if that fails, I also want to try the second and last one on my own guarantee. [...] The Dr. Bötticher stayed with me for a short hour; Is leaving again today, not exactly to Berlin, but to acquaintances in Magdeburg. Even his short presence was very pleasant to me and he will certainly be able to give you a rough idea of my domestic and local way of life and the comfort of my apartment. You will find your kind advice about the letter between our Angelika and me followed this time, and you will see my opinion on it from the letter to you. It is with real pain that I wait for your first letter from Silesia. God grant that she and the good father arrived healthy and happy and may be there. [...] God preserve you for me and ours! With pure love for children, your Mußmann."
Condition: Paper browned, with small tears in the fold. Please also note the pictures!
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Over Johann Georg Mußmann and Wilhelm Bötticher (source: wikipedia) and Mußmann's fiancée (Quelle: own research):
Johann Georg Mußmann or Mussmann (also Johann George Mußmann; * 3. May 1795 in Wotzlaff near Danzig; † 30. June 1833 in Halle) was a German philosopher, Lutheran theologian and university professor.
Life: Mußmann was the son of a blacksmith. He took part as a volunteer in the campaign against France in 1815. He then completed his high school diploma in 1819 at the high school in Danzig and studied from 1819 to 1822 at the University of Halle, where he attracted attention with his memorial speech for Immanuel Kant in 1822. He aspired to an academic career, but worked for some time as a tutor in the house of the mathematician Johann Friedrich Pfaff. On the 27th. In May 1826, he received his doctorate in philosophy from the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Berlin based on a completed award task with the dissertation De idealismo sive philosophia ideali.
Mußmann turned from Berlin back to Halle because he saw greater opportunities for a position as an academic teacher here. With the work De logicae et dialecticae notione historica he completed his habilitation in March 1828 at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Halle. From then on he taught as a private lecturer in philosophy. In May 1829 he finally received a position as an associate professor, and a few years later he died in office. His literary work was influenced by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.
Works (selection)
Immanuel Kant: a memorial speech, delivered to a meeting of academic citizens on February 12th, 1822, Schimmelpfennig, Halle 1822.
De idealismo sive philosophia ideali, Reimer, Berlin 1862.
Can philosophical lessons be given in high schools or not?, Berlin 1827.
Textbook of soul science or rational and empirical psychology: as an attempt at a scientific justification of the same, intended for academic lectures, Mylius, Berlin 1827.
Basic lines of logic and dialectics, Mylius, Berlin 1828.
De logicae ac dialecticae Notione historica, Strack, Berlin 1828.
Outline of the general history of Christian philosophy developed with special consideration of Christian theology, Ruff, Halle 1830.
Scientific illumination of the principles of religious truth lovers or phileletes, Ruff, Halle 1831.
Lectures on the study of sciences and arts at the university: A paperback for boastful students, Ruff, Halle 1832.
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Bötticher (*6. June 1798 in Wormsdorf; † 6. April 1850 in Berlin) was a German teacher and historian.
Life:He was the son of Christian Friedrich Gotthilf Boetticher, a Protestant pastor in Wormsdorf, his brother was the Protestant pastor Heinrich Adolph Boetticher (1804–1853). He attended school in Helmstedt and a high school in Berlin and from 1816 studied philology and theology at the universities of Berlin and Halle.
In 1820 Bötticher became a teacher at the pedagogy in Halle, and in 1824 he became senior teacher at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Berlin. He held this position until his death on June 6th. April 1850.
His son is the cultural philosopher and orientalist Paul de Lagarde (originally Paul Anton Bötticher).
Publications
History of the Carthaginians edited according to the sources. Rücker, Berlin 1827.
Lexicon Taciteum. Nauck, Berlin 1830.
Prophetic voices from Rome, or the Christian element in Tacitus and the typically prophetic character of his works in relation to Rome's relationship to Germany. 2 volumes. Perthes, Hamburg and others 1840.
Prophetic Testimonies of Dr. Martin Luther against the despisers of the divine word in the Protestant and Catholic churches in Germany. Agency of the Rauhen Haus, Hamburg 1845.
Glimpses of light through the chiaroscuro in the Protestant church of the nineteenth century or Schleiermacher's school and the Samaritan woman at Jacob's Well. Self-published by the author, Berlin 1846.
The future of Israel and Christianity, or the fulfillment of the biblical prophecies about Israel's conversion and the resulting obligation of all Protestant Christians, especially German ones, to contribute to this now. Self-published by the author, Berlin 1848.
About the recipient: Angelika Luise Student was born on the 14th. June 1808 in Berlin as the only daughter of the merchant Johann Benjamin Student and Carolina Sophia, née. Tornow (eldest daughter of the Spandau merchant Carl Friedrich Tornow) was born and died on the 25th. August 1880 at the age of 72 in Berlin. Her parents had on the 3rd Married in Berlin in December 1794.
On the 23rd In September 1830 she married the professor of philosophy in Halle Johann Georg Mußmann (1795-1833), son of the master blacksmith in Reichenberg near Danzig, Johann Friedrich David Mußmann. This marriage remained childless.
Her second marriage was on August 8th. April 1843 in Berlin the private lecturer and later professor of philosophy Karl Heinrich Althaus (1806-1886). Five children were born from this marriage:
-Karl Hermann Althaus (* 9. February 1844 in Berlin, died. 25. March 1898 in Berka), Dr. of philosophy and high school teacher, who died on January 1st. March 1875 in Berlin Marie Louise Charlotte married Anna Schrader von Beauvryé, née. 29. December 1852 in Schöneberg near Berlin as the daughter of the royal. Accounts Council and retired Prime Lieutenant Albin Schrader von Beauvryé. Children were Elisabeth Althaus (* 17. December 1875), who married Alfred Scheel, and Marta Althaus (* 9. March 1883)
-Heinrich Georg Althaus (* 25. February 1845 in Berlin, died. on the 31st October 1894 in Berlin), Royal. District judge and district judge in Berlin, who died on January 2nd. April 1884 in Berlin Marie Adelgunde married Auguste von Dechend, née. on the 22nd November 1855 in Berlin as the daughter of the Reichsbank President Hermann von Dechend (1814-1890) and Adelgunde, née. Wilke, died. on the 30th March 1917 in Teupitz
-Adelheid Althaus (* 17. October 1846 in Berlin, died. 20. August 1923 in Wittstock / Dosse)
-Ernst Ludwig Althaus (* 9. May 1848 in Berlin, died. 5. April 1933 in Braunschweig), Dr. of philosophy (diss. Berlin 1874 "Quaestionum de Iulii Pollucis fontibus specimen") and teacher at the Askanian Gymnasium in Berlin. On the 15th In April 1884 he married the teacher Anna Elisabeth Schmiel (* 19. April 1857 or 1858 in Berlin), daughter of the full teacher at the teachers' seminar at the Augusta School Wilhelm Ottomar Schmiel and Julie Luise Anna, née. Stieff. One of their sons was Ernst Althaus (* 19. February 1889 in Berlin; † 21. April 1977 in Herford), German lawyer and mayor of the cities of Minden and Herford.
-Conrad Althaus