14 p. The first letter chiefly concerns Matthias Claudius; mentions of Herder, the brothers Stolberg, Bahrdt, Bodmer, Lenz; the third and fourth letters contain a character sketch of Goethe, with mention of Werther, Wagner's Prometheus and Menschen, Thiere und Goethe
Correspondence with Eliza von- der Recke chiefly relating to Cagliostro. With handwritten transcripts of his Manifest, copies of letters to von Blankenberg, and copies of letters from C.F. Nicolai, all relating to Lavater's controversy with Nicolai. Includes exchange of letters between Elisa von der Recke and J.D. Uhlenhuth; her letter to Uhlenhuth is in a ms. copy and includes Tiedge's poem An Christus; also bound in are autobiographical notes by her and a fragment of an account of her return trip from Italy in the company of Tiedge and party. With typed manuscripts of all items.