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Autograph letter signed : Torgau, to his son and brother-in-law, 1503 Palm Sunday [i.e., Apr. 9].

BIB_ID
104631
Accession number
MA 376.14
Creator
Johann, Herzog von Sachsen-Lauenburg, 1439-1507.
Display Date
1503 Palm Sunday [i.e., Apr. 9].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 24.2 cm
Notes
Formerly cataloged as from John the Constant (Johann der Beständige, Elector of Saxony, 1468-1532). However, John the Constant was married in 1500 and his first and only son, Johann Friedrich I, was born in 1503.
Part of a collection of letters of the promoters and opponents of the Reformation in England and Germany; see main record for MA 376 for more information.
Signed "Hans Herzog von Sachssen."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co. in 1907.
Summary
Introducing and recommending Wolfgang Neuhausser of Reigen, and discussing a business matter.