<p style='text-align: justify;'>Hermine Simon tells her brother Heinrich the latest family gossip, which centres on the children’s friendship with the daughters of the neighbouring Meier family. Ludowika Simon lists her birthday presents.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Note(s):</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Correspondence comprised of two items: SIM/1/104b and SIM/1/104c. In the bound volume, the pages of this letter are inserted back to front. SIM/1/104b is a continuation of SIM/1/104c. The letter was written shortly after Ludowika’s birthday, 8 October 1820.</p>