You are bidding on a nice one letter from 1849 out of Ludwigsburg.
The lawyer and pioneer of diakonia Max von Klett (1788-1851)applies the inspector worm Tempelhof Castle, an educational institution, where the Tempelhof eco-settlement is now located.
Tempelhof today belongs to the OT Marktlustenau of the municipality of Kreßberg (LK Schwäbisch Hall).
DatedLudwigsburg, 17. December 1849.
Among other things about Christmas presents for the children the Tempelhof educational institution.
Written by scribe's hand; with handwritten signature and handwritten addition by Max von Klett.
Excerpts:"Dear Inspector! I heard with heartfelt sympathy that you were also ill, but I hope that you have recovered completely; over Christmas may You're not sick. [...] With the orders of your l. I agree with Mr. father-in-law's wishes for this year's Christmas all the more as it is the first one you have with your l. Mrs. in the temple courtyard, and it will therefore also make a good impression on your relationship with the other employees if the gifts flow more abundantly this time than before. [...] I am particularly pleased that our l. Ms. Inspector is trying to make the girls happy with new aprons, which will certainly make an impression. How I would love to be among you on Christmas Eve and rejoice with you! What I receive in kind will arrive next Saturday in Crailsheim at the post office near Oberamt (as a poor thing), where you can have it picked up so that you can use it for your further purchases [...]. I have just received a basket full of baked goods for the Tempelhof, some of which are suitable for decorating the tree from a local confectioner. The Christmas gifts you receive should be in one own Directory to be brought. [...] I recently asked the Stuttgart Committee members to send you 400 fl. from the Central Casse. to send pupils to the costs of poor school teachers, which you will probably have received. Greetings all of you warmly, with love always your Lord Justice Klett."
The autograph postscript initially reads: "The new servant appears long Not to be an Andes{???}, Costard is suffering and sends his best regards." Then about a sick baron.
Scope: : Three text pages and one address page (20.5 x 16 cm).
Format (folded): 6.7 x 10.3 cm.
Sent by post; with large postmark and handwritten tax note; with the note “free Crailsheim.”
About the author: Carl Maximilian "Max" von Klett was born on the 28th. January 1788 in Oppelsbohm as the son of Justinus Klett (1740-1815) and Agnes Magdalene, née. Vaihinger (1751-1818) was born and died on January 6th. March 1851 in Stuttgart. On the 11th In April 1820 he married Karoline Margarethe Beckh (née) in Ludwigsburg. 12. April 1802 in Tuttlingen as the daughter of Karl Beckh and Heinrike, b. Binder, died. 29. January 1881 in Stuttgart).
The chess composer and officer Philipp von Klett (1833-1910) was his son.
He was admitted to the bar in 1813, was then senior magistrate in Tuttlingen and workhouse administrator/prison director in Ludwigsburg, became chief justice in 1825 and retired in 1850. In 1835 he received the Order of the Württemberg Crown. As a diakonia pioneer, he was involved in the founding of the Tuttlingen rescue center in 1825 and the AHWernersche Anstalten Ludwigsburg in 1841.
Condition:Paper slightly stained and slightly wrinkled. bplease note the pictures too!
Internal note: Kiefer 23-10 (6) folder Willlha autograph autograph
About his son (source: wikipedia):
Maximilian Philipp Friedrich Klett, from 1880 from Klett, (* 20. July 1833 in Ludwigsburg; † 1. October 1910 in Calw) was a German chess composer and military officer.
Life: Klett was a career officer at the Ludwigsburg Cadet Institute and was promoted to captain there. From 1870 to 1874 he was commandant of the Ludwigsburg War School. He was appointed to the Württemberg War Ministry.
For his services, Klett was awarded the Honorary Knight's Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown in 1880, with which the personal nobility was associated.
Klett spent his last years in retirement in Calw. He died in his home.
Chess composition: Philipp von Klett is considered one of the most important composers of the old German school of chess composition. His collection of tasks, published in 1878, contains 112 tasks, mostly multi-move tasks. In it he described chess problems as “mathematical poetry”. In an obituary in the Deutsche Schachzeitung in 1910, Klett's extensive mastery of positions was highlighted as a special achievement. As a rule, Klett's tasks are characterized by complicated variants.
Works: Ph Klett's Chess Problems. With an introduction to the theory of the chess problem. Veit and Comp, Leipzig 1878