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Letter 1904-08 from John Bauer to Ester Ellqvist, consisting of three pages written on the front and back of a folded sheet of paper. Main writing handwritten in red ink. The letter lacks signature. The style of hand suggests John Bauer as a sender. .. LETTER TRANSCRIPT: .. [Page 1] Sjovik in Jonkoping Aug [exceeded: 1903] 1904 .. Esther mine! [Designed: Today I had a bref and a card] from dej Axel and dough. Your came from [overrun: Lappeland] one end af Sverige Axels from others. You are beautiful. The White the flowers. Thank you. It feels peculiar you To be again [inscribed: where pine and spruce [--?] [--?] the moth [?] [inscribed: waxes here where meadows dofta ho and] [inscribed in the right margin on the side: rye plates parading on yellow sh--- [?] baljuds [?]] to sit again on my calm glorious studio and again to hear the hose of the spine native fermentation Spink enjoy [exceeded half f] my traps. I get without mämdvt to kiss him so much I want when he sits on [overdraft: mine] d [?] get but I don’t want to feel at all Yes not at all I have put away that kissing Said. I don’t think I kissed someone in a whole week) I intend to put it away way. Do not try to kiss mej if we someone walking in [overlined: framti] an appalling far aflägsen future, to meet, because it came more to fail. [Coated: something Resistance] I am [destroyed: afraid of] Fear [exceeded: island [?]] for bites in general. [Constructed: A Patchdog] I blef bitten piece in patch country and it did before - miserable evil. [Constructed: I intend to want not really exposed Mej for something dim.] .. [Page 3] [engraved cross: the following paragraph is possibly to be read after the text under the dash] No one can you Mennic [inscribed: selfmant] expose sej to be bitten, you feel. I don’t do it nä you Esther du [drawn streak across the paper] At Ripanjoki [?] I pale the piece a Laphund. [Constructed: At] and at Cabinet Cat [?] blef i biten af en en en Eagle kid. [exceeded: I] It made a forfait evil and late I have a pa- religious horror for all the bite is called. And so you write that you shell bite mej. [Constructed: I believe] [Engraved cross]

Jönköping County Museum

Letter Paper

Sweden

Title: Letters

Description:

Letter 1904-08 from John Bauer to Ester Ellqvist, consisting of three pages written on the front and back of a folded sheet of paper.

Main writing handwritten in red ink.

The letter lacks signature.

The style of hand suggests John Bauer as a sender.

LETTER TRANSCRIPT: .

[Page 1] Sjovik in Jonkoping Aug [exceeded: 1903] 1904 .

Esther mine! [Designed: Today I had a bref and a card] from dej Axel and dough.

Your came from [overrun: Lappeland] one end af Sverige Axels from others.

You are beautiful.

The White the flowers.

Thank you.

It feels peculiar you To be again [inscribed: where pine and spruce [--?] [--?] the moth [?] [inscribed: waxes here where meadows dofta ho and] [inscribed in the right margin on the side: rye plates parading on yellow sh--- [?] baljuds [?]] to sit again on my calm glorious studio and again to hear the hose of the spine native fermentation Spink enjoy [exceeded half f] my traps.

I get without mämdvt to kiss him so much I want when he sits on [overdraft: mine] d [?] get but I don’t want to feel at all Yes not at all I have put away that kissing Said.

I don’t think I kissed someone in a whole week) I intend to put it away way.

Do not try to kiss mej if we someone walking in [overlined: framti] an appalling far aflägsen future, to meet, because it came more to fail.

[Coated: something Resistance] I am [destroyed: afraid of] Fear [exceeded: island [?]] for bites in general.

[Constructed: A Patchdog] I blef bitten piece in patch country and it did before - miserable evil.

[Constructed: I intend to want not really exposed Mej for something dim.

] .

[Page 3] [engraved cross: the following paragraph is possibly to be read after the text under the dash] No one can you Mennic [inscribed: selfmant] expose sej to be bitten, you feel.

I don’t do it nä you Esther du [drawn streak across the paper] At Ripanjoki [?] I pale the piece a Laphund.

[Constructed: At] and at Cabinet Cat [?] blef i biten af en en en Eagle kid.

[exceeded: I] It made a forfait evil and late I have a pa- religious horror for all the bite is called.

And so you write that you shell bite mej.

[Constructed: I believe] [Engraved cross].

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