Oberforstdirektor Johann Franz From Kettner (1765-1839): Letter Karlsruhe 1832

You are bidding on one handwritten, signed letter ofBaden's chief forest director and LandoberjägermeisterJohann Franz von Kettner (1765-1839), father of the Baden forester and court official Franz von Kettner (1801-1874)

DatedKarlsruhe, 22. April 1832. - In the Karlsruhe address book, Johann Franz von Kettner is listed as state chief hunter and holder of the Grand Cross of the Zähringer Löwen.

Regardsa request for retirement; this was also granted in the same year.

Transcription:

"Honourable Baron, Honorable Mr. Forester!

Given the many inconveniences that the last period of my employment brought with it, its termination could only be a joy for me if a look in the mirror of the future did not show me that there were no favorable prospects for the subject in which I had, not with dishonor, devoted myself for many years. have presided over. I confess that it is painful for me to see myself separated in business life from the men of honor whose loyal cooperation made it possible to maintain a reputation that had been achieved for the Baden Forestry Administration for many ages.

With this short swan song I would like to express my most sincere thanks to your High Honor for the kind letter you wrote on the 14th. dM, expressed sentiments and have the honor of being, with the utmost respect, your most honored and obedient servant. Kettner."

Scope: two out of four pages described (25.3x21cm); without envelope.

About the author (Source: Badische Biography): Johann Franz von Kettner was born on the 15th. Born May 1765 in Neukirchen (Palatinate) as the son of a forester. In 1808 he became chief forestry director in Baden and in 1817 state chief hunter. In 1821 he became a member of the State Ministry and was sent to every state parliament as a member of the first chamber from 1821 to 1831. He died on the 27th. January 1839, after he had been retired at his own request in 1832.

Condition: letter folded; strong paper browned and stained (heavy on the last blank page). bplease note the pictures too!

Internal note: Kiefer 23-10 (3) folder Willlha autograph autograph

About the son Franz von Kettner (source: wikipedia):

Wilhelm Franz Freiherr von Kettner (* 7. January 1801 in Mannheim; † 19. August 1874 in Karlsruhe) was a Baden forester and court official.

Life: Franz von Kettner was the elder of two sons of the Baden chief forest director Johann Franz von Kettner (1765–1839). He enrolled as a student. phil. to study forestry at the Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg and in 1819 became a member of the Corps Suevia Heidelberg. In 1824 he became forester in Gernsbach. In 1845 he was promoted to chief forester in Baden. From 1852 onwards, after his retirement from the Baden forestry administration, he was appointed as Intendant of the court domains, court official in Karlsruhe, in 1857 as Grand Ducal Senior Castle Captain and in 1859 as Baden Colonel-in-Chief. Franz von Kettner was a member of the First Chamber of the Baden Assembly of Estates from 1839 to 1860 and most recently its second vice-president. He withdrew from public life in 1864 and then wrote numerous essays for the Natural Science Association in Karlsruhe. His natural history cabinet was transferred to the grand ducal collections, today's Karlsruhe State Museum of Natural History.

With his brother, the Baden chamberlain and privy legation councilor Ludwig von Kettner, who was born in 1802, he owned the Reichartshausen manor. Since 1827 he had been married to Ida Freiin von Fischer (1809–1895), a daughter of Major General Freiherr von Fischer and long-time president of the department for women's education and employment support in the Baden Women's Association.

writings

Description of the Baden Murg and Oosthals, Frankfurt am Main 1843 (digital copy)

honors

Excellence (title)

Order of the Zähringer Lion, Knight (1853)

Red Eagle Order 2. Class (1856)