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GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. 1749-1832. Document Signed ("JWv Goethe"),
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GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. 1749-1832.
Document Signed ("JWv Goethe"), as member of the Saxe-Weimar & Eisenach Mining-Commission, being a receipt for the second payment of 5 Talers on the "Kux" ("mining share certificate") for the Ilmenau mining company ("Ilmenauer Bergwerks-Commission") number 235, also signed by Christian Gottlob von Voigt (1743-1819) and his brother Johann Karl Wilhelm Voigt (1752-1821), 1 page, folio, printed with manuscript insertions, Weimar, 24 February 1786.
Six months after his arrival in Weimar in 1775, Goethe became a member of the Duke's privy council and oversaw the reopening of the silver mines in nearby Ilmenau. To generate funds the mining company issued these "mining share certicates," payable in three installments. Goethe signed this certificate at the conclusion of his first Weimar period, only about half a year before departing on his Italian Journey 1786-88.
Six months after his arrival in Weimar in 1775, Goethe became a member of the Duke's privy council and oversaw the reopening of the silver mines in nearby Ilmenau. To generate funds the mining company issued these "mining share certicates," payable in three installments. Goethe signed this certificate at the conclusion of his first Weimar period, only about half a year before departing on his Italian Journey 1786-88.