Funeral Oration for the Obsequies of Karl von Hund

presented: Dec. 15, 1776.
= resp. — — 26. of the same —
v. Kessler. Meiningen December 12, 1776

Most Noble, Highly Well-born Lord

Most Honored and Beloved Friend

made by Conrector
a Roenick

Your Excellency will have already learned through Baron a Roenick of the date in Upper Saxony; since the funeral rites Exequien funeral obsequies for our blessed K. M. are to be held on December 30th (New Style), I have therefore received the order to announce this. The brothers here, as well as myself, look forward to seeing Your Excellency on this occasion, all the more so since we have been deprived of letters this time. I promise to provide all further details by then and only add my true high regard; with the most perfect respect and the most inviolable friendship, I remain,

[M]
Rothenburg
December 12
1776.

A red wax seal appears on the left side of the manuscript, likely used to close the letter during transit.

To Monsieur
Monsieur the Baron de Heer
Gentleman of the Chamber
to His Serene Highness the Duke of
Saxe-Hildburghausen
in
Erlangen