They bid on three documents from 1776-1813 out ofBraunschweig and Wolfenbüttel.

Each applies to the location Hedeper and the Noble family from Damm, who was feudal lord there.

1.+2.) Two letters Braunschweig, 30. July 1776, written by one JJ Gerber (probably a lawyer).

The first Thursdaydocument (2 ½ written pages) concerns the settlement of a dispute between those from Damm and the colonists Christoph Jacob Habermann and Christoph Heinrich Mittendorf in Hedeper, concerning taxes and damages caused by abuse and hailstorms. Available as a copy (contemporary copy).

The second, 1-page letter deals with the contributions of the von Damm tithe in Hedeper.

2.) 4-sided "Bordereau" (form filled out by hand), dated Wolfenbüttel, 25. February 1813.

Concerns a mortgage from Kothsessen Andreas Heinrich Müller in Hedeper, which serves as security for debts to the brothers Maximilian Johann Friedrich von Damm and Staats Karl Julius Christian von Damm in Braunschweig.

Format:32.8 x 20.8 cm.

Condition:Strong paper slightly stained; the last document stronger. Please also note the pictures!

Internal note: Ostbhf 23-07 FolderLeitz

About the noble von Damm family (source: wikipedia):

dam(also (from) Damme or similar) is the name of a Lower Saxony-Westphalian noble family.

History: The family was originally a noble family from Lower Saxony, which initially appeared in Braunschweig as a patrician and urban aristocratic family, in the 17th century. and 18. Century then also in Soest. The family's early ownership was in Bansleben in Braunschweig (documented. 1325–1544) and in Halberstädtschen in Hornburg in the Osterwick district (1325–1375). The family also owned mines in Werningerodeschen (1515) and in Pomerania Kloxin, Pyritz district (1798).

The family first appears in documents with Eckehard de Dammone in 1267. From the now extinct first line comes Andreas Dietrich von Damm (* 1623 Braunschweig, † 1684 Soest), son of Christoph von Damm and his wife Helene von Pawel, who married Anna Gertrud von Becquer and worked as city syndic in Soest from 1665. Ten years later he became mayor of Soest. A grandson of Andreas Dietrich von Damm, Johann Georg Ferdinand von Damm, became a Prussian major general and acquired Kloxin in the Pyritz district. His son Ferdinand von Damm in turn became mayor of Soest. With his death in 1846, this von Damm line died out. In other lines the sex continues to flourish.

Personalities

Tile von Damm (1310–1374), councilor in Braunschweig, executed in the course of the “Great Shift”, whose direct descendant was born in the 5th century. Generation:

Bertram von Damm (around 1495–1542), Braunschweig city physicist, early follower of Luther

Henning von Damm (1517–1566), Braunschweig councilor and mayor

Andreas Dietrich von Damm (1623–1684), mayor of Soest 1675–1677, direct descendant of Tile von Damm in 9. Generation, whose son:

Friedrich von Damm (1672–1740), mayor of Soest 1729–1731, his son:

Johann Georg Ferdinand von Damm (1717–1797), Prussian Major general, commander of the Stettin fortress and mayor of Tangermünde

Kurd von Damm (1862–1915), lawyer, politician and entrepreneur, 1903–1912 member of the Reichstag

Helene von Damm (* 1938), her second marriage was to Christian von Damm, a German banker at Bank of America; former American politician (Republican Party) of Austrian origin, 1980–1983 assistant to the then President Ronald Reagan, 1983–1986 Ambassador of the United States to Austria

Coat of arms: Blazon in the coat of arms of the Westphalian nobility: Black dog jumping to the right in silver with a gold collar and ring. On the crowned helmet two silver buffalo horns, between them a rooster's tail waving to the left. The helmet covers are black and silver.

In the Braunschweig shift book from 1514, the coat of arms of the executed Tile von Damm (Tile van dem Damme) († 1374) is shown differently with three ostrich feathers in a silver shield. Similarly, Mülverstedt states that an existing seal impression shows five or six ostrich feathers. Contrary to the depiction in the heraldic book of the Westphalian nobility, which speaks of a “rooster tail” as part of the helmet ornament, other coats of arms typically contain ostrich feathers as part of the helmet ornament.

The family first appears in documents with Eckehard de Dammone in 1267. From the now extinct first line comes Andreas Dietrich von Damm (* 1623 Braunschweig, † 1684 Soest), son of Christoph von Damm and his wife Helene von Pawel, who married Anna Gertrud von Becquer and worked as city syndic in Soest from 1665. Ten years later he became mayor of Soest. A grandson of Andreas Dietrich von Damm, Johann Georg Ferdinand von Damm, became a Prussian major general and acquired Kloxin in the Pyritz district. His son Ferdinand von Damm in turn became mayor of Soest. With his death in 1846, this von Damm line died out. In other lines the sex continues to flourish. In the Braunschweig shift book from 1514, the coat of arms of the executed Tile von Damm (Tile van dem Damme) († 1374) is shown differentl