I write for information regarding your colony. I wish to come to your
place. I have still some fortune in Germany, consisting of a house and farming
land, also three children. The children say they will come to this country. I
have read in the newspapers that you have agents in Switzerland, and thought per-
haps you had one in Alsaice. If you have I wish you would have him attend to my
business there, and meet my children and explain to them. If you will do this I
will send you authority to act for me; and if I receive any mony from them then I
will come to your country. I have already received some information from a member
of your church by the name of James Myer Hill. What he told me I have long thought
to be true, and I have already experienced that it was true. A great many families
here have only one or two children, and they think by so doing they are doing right
but they have no luck either in their increase or their life. Goes on to relate
that a pastor there had one son; ^the pastor^ took sick and died suddenly; his wife after a
long sickness also died; the son became crazy and was put in an asylum; he after-
wards came out, married a French lady, moved to France; she got the fortune and
left him pennyless. He asks for information concerning church doctrines, and how
to get here. Encloses stamps and requests immediate answer - he is evidently in a hurry.
Substance of contents of accompanying letter:
I write for information regarding your colony. I wish to come to your
place. I have still some fortune in Germany, consisting of a house and farming
land, also three children. The children say they will come to this country. I
have read in the newspapers that you have agents in Switzerland, and thought perhaps you had one in Alsaice. If you have I wish you would have him attend to my
business there, and meet my children and explain to them. If you will do this I
will send you authority to act for me; and if I receive any mony from them then I
will come to your country. I have already received some information from a member
of your church by the name of James Myer Hill. What he told me I have long thought
to be true, and I have already experienced that it was true. A great many families
here have only one or two children, and they think by so doing they are doing right
but they have no luck either in their increase or their life. Goes on to relate
that a pastor there had one son; the pastor took sick and died suddenly; his wife after a
long sickness also died; the son became crazy and was put in an asylum; he afterwards came out, married a French lady, moved to France; she got the fortune and
left him pennyless. He asks for information concerning church doctrines, and how
to get here. Encloses stamps and requests immediate answer - he is evidently in a hurry.