You are bidding on one letter from 1840 from Aurich.
TheLieutenant Colonel Wilhelm von Issendorff (1783-1843), staff officer at 2. Body Dragoon Regiment in Aurich), addresses the Lieutenant General Hieronymus von der Decken (1781-1845), leader of the 2nd Cavalry Division in Verden, also active in theKing's German Legion.
Both were distantly related to each other, as Wilhelm von Issensdorff's mother was born von der Decken.
Dated Aurich, the 13th November 1840.
Concerns his regiment and the saddles of horses; specifically the office of a "bock maker": in the Hanoverian army horse saddles were called "bucks"; and each regiment had its own buck maker with its own workshop.
The General German Biography says about the recipient: "In peacetime he later made a great contribution to the saddle model of the Hanoverian cavalry."
Excerpts:"Dear General! If, due to the urgency of the saddle matter, it is no longer possible for Bockmacher Eckert to contact the LD Rgt. {=Leib-Dragoner-Regiment} would come back as sufficiently instructed? It makes me so impatient that we can't make any progress here. I have a Mr. Bockmacher assumed here, but he cannot work without supervision; although it will also be of much use afterwards. I would really like it to rain. would soon be just as ready for duty as the others."
Then about a “new saddle trestle”: "The buck is almost beautifully made, but in my opinion the outer edges are too sharp and it caused something to sting. I had a saddle box made entirely according to the new model for a horse; who, I believe, would find grace before you despite its broad leaves. He is actually already made like Rittmeister v. Meding was still here. [...] We are waiting here with some longing for the new advertisement that will come out for this. is of great importance. [...] R. v. Bülow would like to stay there, as they say. [...] Hoyer is my whole happiness. [...] May heaven rule this. protect. Even if I am not what I should be, I still want to show my king that things are moving. He did his duty with complete devotion to Sr. Your Majesty, it should endure and survive everything without a murmur."
Signed "W.v. Issendorff, Colonel."
With a longer postscript, signed with "dO" (=the one above): "My good old sister Cecilie was here for 3 months{?} and traveled from Bremen to Lehr today." At the end there is a request regarding the Bockmacher.
Scope: three text pages and one address page (25.5 x 21 cm).
Format (folded): 8.7x13.5cm.
Condition: paper browned; the seal is missing. Please note the pictures too!
Internal note: Ostbhf Vorphila 23-10-08 (5) Military nobility
About the author: Wilhelm Christian von Issendorf was born on the 15th. July 1783 in Düring (csp. Loxstedt) as the son of the district administrator, Drost and hereditor Hermann Christian Friedrich von Issendorf (1747-1792) and Anna Amalia, née. von der Decken (1755-1827), a daughter of Captain Carl Christian von der Decken (1710-1769), who died without a male heir. He died on the 10th. June 1843 in Aurich.
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About the recipient (Source: ADB): Blankets, Weipart Ludolf Hieronymus Wigand von der; † 10. April 1845 as a Hanoverian lieutenant general in the cavalry in Verden. Born 28. February 1781, he served in the army since 1794, in the Kings German Legion since 1803; as captain in the 3. In the 1807-8 light dragoon (later hussars) regiment he took part in the expedition to Rügen, against Copenhagen and to Gothenburg, then to Portugal, where in 1808 and 1809 he led the famous retreat to Corunna after the glorious battle of Talavera, in which both the regiment distinguished itself, took part. In 1810, family circumstances forced him to return to Germany. On the 25th. (March 13, 1813) he and Drost got Christian v. Zesterfleth von Tettenborn was given the order to set up a corps under the Hanoverian standard in Bremen-Verden after a Landsturm contingent attempted by D. had dispersed in front of the advancing Morand. He founded the Bremen-Verden Hussars, with one squadron of which he fought the battle near the Göhrde (in the so-called Russian-German Legion) took part; also the War of 1815. During peacetime he later made a great contribution to the saddle model of the Hanoverian cavalry.
About the von Issendorf noble family (source: wikipedia):
Issendorff, Issendorf is also the name of an archbishopric Bremen noble family.
History: The family belongs to the Bremen nobility and is named after the ancestral home (originally Etzelenthorp, then Issendorf) near Horneburg. The family was mentioned in documents in 1233 and 1236 with Hermannus de Etsellendorpe. The continuous family line begins with Robertus de Edsielenthorpe, presumably a son of the aforementioned. Since 1307 the Issendorff were heirs of the archbishopric. Duchy of Bremen, which was confirmed to them in 1426, 1460 and 1498, most recently as a seniorate.
The extensive property holdings in addition to the Seeburg, which was destroyed shortly after 1394, for example the Gnarrenburg estate, which was family-owned from 1605 to 1746.
Numerous sons of the family served as officers in the Hanoverian, Danish, Saxon, Mecklenburg and Prussian armies.
In 1726, the Swedish Colonel Johan Christoffer von Issendorff (1671–1736) received the Swedish indigenous status and was introduced into the noble class of the Swedish knighthood in the same year (No. 1792). Since he only left daughters from his marriage to Anna Margareta Reuter († 1749), the Swedish line died out with him.
In 1871, the Lippe chamberlain and court marshal Hieronymus von Issendorf (1834–1876) was elevated to the status of Lippe baron. He also left only daughters from his marriage to Georgette von Donop and thus also decided on the baronial line.
The untitled tribe currently exists.
Coat of arms: The family coat of arms is divided from red over silver with three fallen peaks. On the helmet with red and silver covers a fallen red lance tip between three natural peacock feathers.
Known family members
Bernd von Issendorff, professor at the University of Freiburg
Franz von Issendorff (1851–1908), Prussian major general
Franz Carl August von Issendorff, Landdrost of the Landdrostei Lüneburg 1863/67
Friedrich Wilhelm von Issendorff (1870–1956), provost of Uelzen 1926/47
Hieronymus von Issendorf (1834–1876), Lippe princely court marshal and chamberlain
“Rigi Scheideck, 29. Aug. 1876. This afternoon at 4 o'clock, after a long period of illness, my dearly beloved husband, the princely court marshal and chamberlain Baron Hieronymus von Issendorff, fell asleep with his heart beating gently in constant faith in our Savior, deeply mourned by me and my three small children.
With the request for your silent participation, Georgette Freifrau von Issendorff née. Baroness von Donop.”
– Princely Lippe Government and Announcement Gazette, No. 205, 1. September 1876
“I have been deeply moved by the many and varied expressions of such touching sympathy shown to me during the incredibly difficult loss and funeral of my dear, beloved husband, and I feel compelled to publicly express my sincere, heartfelt thanks, since I am not I am able to thank each and every one of them.
Detmold, the 5th Sep. 1876. Georgette Baroness von Issendorff. born Baroness von Donop.”
– Princely Lippe Government and Advertisement Gazette, No. 210, 7. September 1876
“I ask all those who still have claims against my deceased brother, Court Marshal von Issendorff, to hand the bills to me at his apartment as soon as possible.
Detmold, the 6th Sept. 1876. B. von Issendorff.”
– Princely Lippe Government and Advertisement Gazette, No. 210, 7. September 1876
Johan Christoffer von Issendorff (1671–1736), Swedish colonel
Karl Gustav von Issendorff († 1802), Hanoverian major general, head of the 2nd Regiment
Klaus von Issendorff (heir) (1807–1848), heir to the Duchy of Bremen, bailiff in Aschendorf 1839–1848
Klaus von Issendorff (General) (1839–1923), Saxon lieutenant general
Luise von Issendorff, abbess of Bassum Abbey 1871–1903
Thomas von Issendorff (1846–1913), Prussian lieutenant general