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I received your letter dated
the 31st August in which you say
you su??? I have forgotten that
I have a Son named William residing
in America as you have not received
any answer to the letter which you
wrote to me last March. You must
not attribute my silence to neglect
.. ..... for a moment that I have
forgotten you or your family but the
fact is I had not the least idea
??? so long since I had written to
you and I have had so many letters
to write to Gurnsey and London on
account of my Brother's affairs which
which I have been ??????ouring to brinig to
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a conclusion for these last 4 years
and have not yet succeeded in doing
so, that I am quite sick and tired of
writing. M Gallienne gives me a great
deal of trouble my poor Brother is irre-
-trievably reci?? through him, not
having managed his adffairs proper-
ly. I have been obliged to sanction the
selling and as ? ? ?? of all the
property which he possessed in the
funds ?? ? to pay his debts and to
??? the little that will ?????
into a life ? or ?
for ? the houses are taken for the
rents which are due on them and
there is nothing left to repay me
what is owed to me so I cannot ?
?, so much for Mr Gallienne's ??
????? . I have been obliged to take
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a lawyer in Guernsey to act for me
otherwise the affairs would never
come to a close and the longer they
are delayed the worrse it would be
for my Brother. You say the times
are bad in America with respect
to money matters they cannot be
worse than they have been in Europe
the whole of this year on account
of the War it will be some time
before Austria recovers itself in-
deed all the money is so low that
one loses considerably on a Bill and
every thing is so dear that those who
have only a small ...... can
hardly make both ends of the year
meet? things have more than dou-
-bled in price since you were
here. Frank I regret to say has been
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laid up for 5 weeks with a Gastrolle
from no doubt brought on through an-
-xiety of which Antonia being always
in the same state and no likelihood
of ever getting better she is not able
to do or see to everything in her house
it is all left to the mery of a young
girl it is a sad thing, I wish he had
remained in Bennewitz where he
was doing well .. not have ---
-thiesse of himself with this large
Estate Reinicke was the one who per-
-suaded him to do it, God grant it
may not turn to be his ruin it makes
me very anxious especially as Antonia is
not in a state to look after anything and
I cannot af??? him not being able to
leave. Annette he wishes ?? to go and live
with him but the ??? is quite im-
-possible with such an invalid
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???? Brother. I must now conclude as I wish to write a few lines
to Annis. Ernestine & Annette write with affecte love
to you and believe me to be
Your affectte attached Mother
H.P. d'Eberstein
Röschen? desires to be
remembered to you
Dr Schulze
tags[]
Annette, Ernestine, HP D'Eberstein, WHVE, money, war, Austria, Reinicke, Dr Schulze, brother?, Guernsey