Magnus Family of Königsberg Collection 1828-1917

This collection contains family and personal papers, as well as correspondence, of the Magnus family of Königsberg. Several of the letters date to the 19th century and document the family member's global travels.The contents of folder one includes letters written to family members in German with Hebrew letters (1870s), business correspondence (1890s), the military pass of Samuel Magnus (1828), military passport for Walter Magnus (1894) and other miscellaneous documents. The printed and bound book in folder 2 is a collection of letters written by Samuel Magnus to his children on various trips to Egypt (1892) and around the world (1899). The letters were translated and bound by Alix Magnus in 1976. Finally, There is a photo of the Israelitisches Waisenhaus, Königsberg, ca. 1900.processed for digitizationSent for digitizationdigitize