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Ludwig van Beethoven, Brief an Nikolaus Zmeskall in Wien, Baden, 18. August 1816, Autograph

Beethoven-Haus Bonn, Sammlung H. C. Bodmer, HCB Br 272

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Beethoven asks his friend Zmeskall for advice concerning his servants. He wants to fire his present servant and to hire a new one. He mainly asks Zmeskall for details concerning the employment of the new person: the certificate issued by the police confirming no criminal record, the market rates for wages, training and family status.

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