Letter from Meyeringh to Muehlahueser, 1860-11-16

Item

Identifier: S013.02.003.0024

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: The bulk of these records consists of the correspondence recieved by the first four presidents of the Wisconsin Synod. The following men held the position and were elected pro-tempore:

Johannes Muehlhaeuser December 1849-June 1860

Johannes Bading June 1860-August 1863

Gotlieb Reim September 1863-June 1865

Wilhelm Striessguth June 1865 - June 1867

Johannes Bading June 1867 -June 1889.

The collection also consists of correspondence collected by from various personal collections as noted in Koehler's custodial history.

Dates

1860-11-16

Conditions Governing Use

Extent

From the Collection: 31 Box : 19 record cartons, 9 hollinger boxes, 3 cartons loose material.

Language of Materials

German

Additional Description

Abstract

Handwritten letter in German from Meyeringh in Langenberg Germany to Muehlhaeuser.

Related Materials

Koehler's Index: 481. 1860, November 16, sent from Langenberg by Meyeringh to Muehlhaeuser. Berichtet über Lehrer Titze und Herrn Lessing. Der hat allerlei einzige Gründe wieder zu warten und will doch auch wieder die Aussichten auf 5 Jahre in Amerika sein zu können nicht verlieren. Sein Nachbar Weitbrecht hat ihm abgeraten. Der war in Sheboygan. Ebenso Meumann. Der wird kommen, muss wegen Entbindung seiner Frau jetzt nach etwas warten. Dann Nebe aus Sachsen und Moldehnke, Gymnasiallehrer in Ostpreussen. Der letztere war Adjunkt Amanuensis bei Tholuck mit sehr gutem Zeugnis. Dessen Frau will nicht mit. Er hofft aber, es werde sehr noch werden. Der könnte Professor werden. Für diese Theologen wünscht man freilich besondere Versprechungen. Dann Deismann. Dabei nochmal die Warnung gegen Köhlers Confessionalismus und zugleich die Versicherung dass Streissguth keine Verdächtigung ausgesprochen, wie Muehlhaeuser angedeutet.

(Reports on teachers Titze and Mr. Lessing. He has all sorts of only reasons to wait again and doesn't want to lose the prospect of being able to stay in America for 5 years again. His neighbor Weitbrecht advised him against it. He was in Sheboygan. Likewise Meumann. He'll come, he'll have to wait a bit now because his wife is giving birth. Then Nebe from Saxony and Moldehnke, high school teacher in East Prussia. The latter was Adjunct Amanuensis at Tholuck with very good marks. His wife doesn't want to go with him. But he hopes it will be very good. He could become a professor. Certainly one wishes for special promises for these theologians. Then Deisman. Here again the warning against Köhler's confessionalism and at the same time the assurance that Streissguth expressed no suspicion, as Muehlhaeuser indicated.)