Item 63: Note and Signature from Ludwig Erdinger, 1617
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 63
Dates
- Created: 1617
Creator
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Note and Signature
Condition Note:
Good. Little to no vinegar smell.
Measurements:
3 ¼ in. x 2 ⅛ in.
Description:
The following is a note and signature from Ludwig Erdinger, dated 1617. Ludwig Erdinger, an iron merchant and a councillor for the city of Regensburg, Germany, lived during the Thirty Year's War (1618-1648) and is only known in reference to his ownership of the Deuerling Hammermill which served to process sinter and scrap iron. The mill had been defunct prior to Erdinger’s ownership after the death of its first owner Paulus Meusinger and it was put up for auction. Erdinger won it in 1654 and became owner of the mill and renovated it for continued operation. He also owned the Gottesgab Iron Manufactory. Erdinger is referenced in the work Sambt und Sondere Rechts-Ausspruch und Belehrungen über VerschiTedene und rare Rechts-Fälle (General and Special Legal Judgments and Teachings on Various and Rare Legal Cases) by Wilhelm Ludwell, a Doctor of Law. This was in relation to disputes related to the matter of inheritance. The assets of his wife, Erdingerin, were to mostly go to her own children and not to Erdinger or his children, though Erdinger was given an allocation. The text asserts that because of his written pact agreeing to this, he is not entitled to further claims beyond what is agreed to in their “pact dotalibus” (dowry). Erdinger left his heir, Ludwug Ernst Erdinger, debts amounting to 4000 fl.
Transcription:
1617
Herr Erhalte mich beÿ deinen Wort.
Ludwig Erdinger
Maiu [possibly Mano propria]
Translation: 1617 Lord, keep me at your word. Ludwig Erdinger By my own hand
Translation: 1617 Lord, keep me at your word. Ludwig Erdinger By my own hand
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