You are bidding on one handwritten, signed letter of the conservative politician Otto Meusel (1832-1906), 1877/78 member of the Reichstag, Privy Financial Advisor in the Ministry of Finance in Dresden.

Addressed to a "Highly Born", the the Privy Chancellery Council Friedrich Bernhard Happel (1813-1894) in Berlin, from 1872 to 1880 Office director of the German Reichstag. -- From a collection of letters to FB Happel.


DatedDresden, 30. March 1877.

Transcription:“Ew. Yours sincerely, I have the honor to enclose my photograph for the Reichstag album and, with the greatest respect, I sign, O. Meusel, Geh. Financial Advisor."

Scope: 1 page (21.8 x 14.2 cm); without cover.

Condition: Paper browned; with corner creases and pinholes. BiPlease also note the pictures!

Internal note: 2207 Ostb Autograph to Happel

About Otto Meusel (Source: wikipedia):

Otto Theodor Meusel (* 5. July 1832 in Werbelin; † 29. October 1906 in Dresden) was a German conservative politician. He was government president and a member of the German Reichstag and the Saxon State Parliament.

Life:Meusel attended the Fürstenschule in Grimma from 1845 to 1850 and the University of Leipzig from 1850 to 1853. He began his career in the Saxon judicial service and took over the government presidency in Greiz in 1870. From 1. June 1870 to 1. In October 1874 he was also a member of the Federal Council for the Reuss Elder Line in this capacity. In 1874, Meusel resigned from the Saxon civil service as district captain in Plauen and was appointed as Privy Financial Counsellor in the Ministry of Finance in Dresden in 1877.

From 1877 to 1878 he was a member of the German Reichstag for the constituency Saxony 23 (Plauen). In 1899, as a retired ministerial director, Meusel was freely elected by King Albert of Saxony as a member of the First Chamber of the Saxon State Parliament, a position he held until his death in 1906. Meusel died in Dresden in 1906 and was buried in the Old Annen Cemetery.

In his memoirs, lawyer Rudolf Mothes also gave insights into Meusel’s life and work:

“The Grimmensia ‹Landsmannschaft Grimensia› was founded by the Grimma princely students, but accepted foxes from all over. Her old man Meusel helped her to gain special respect. He came from a pastor's family, studied law, entered the Saxon civil service and spent several years in the service of the Prince of Reuss-Plauen. After he returned to Saxony and became Minister Director in the Ministry of Finance, a great time began for the Meusel family and the Grimmensia. The 'Meuselei' was the name of the ministerial director's relatives in Dresden. He placed members of his clan in high government offices and had no inhibitions about doing so. He therefore tried successfully to have his brother-in-law St. appealed to the Higher Administrative Court, which was established under the State Law of 19. July 1900, to provide a council position, although he was not a lawyer skilled enough to fill this position. As the business of this new authority grew, the other councils had to take on the work that St. was not able to handle…”

– Rudolf Mothes: Memories

“The Grimmensia ‹Landsmannschaft Grimensia› was founded by the Grimma princely students, but accepted foxes from all over. Her old man Meusel helped her to gain special respect. He came from a pastor's family, studied law, entered the Saxon civil service and spent several years in the service of the Prince of Reuss-Plauen. After he returned to Saxony and became Minister Director in the Ministry of Finance, a great time began for the Meusel family and the Grimmensia. The 'Meuselei' was the name of the ministerial director's relatives in Dresden. He placed members of his clan in high government offices and had no inhibitions about doing so. He therefore tried successfully to have his brother-in-law St. appealed to the Higher Administrative Court, which was established under the State Law