Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy numbered her letters whilst Felix was abroad; her numbers are in inverted commas.

For missing letters, 1830-1832, see Rudolf Elvers, 'F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy's Nachlass' in Das Problem Mendelssohn (Regensburg, 1974), p. 43.

Comprises letters from:

1. Alb[ert] G[ustav] Heydemann. Stettin, 13 Jan 1830.

2. Joh[ann] Gust[av] Droysen. Berlin, 26 Jan 1830.

3. Alb[ert] G[ustav] Heydemann. Stettin, 31 Jan 1830.

4. C[arl] Klingemann. London, 8 Feb 1830.

5. Alb[ert] G[ustav] Heydemann. Stettin, 28 Feb 1830.

6. [Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Carl Klingemann, Rosen, Horn], L.W. Kind and L[udwig von] Mühlenfels. Berlin and London, 21-30 Mar 1830.

7. W. Steinbeck. Perleberg, 28 Mar 1830.

8. L[udwig Eduard] Heydemann. Berlin, 29 Mar 1830.

9. L[udwig Eduard] Heydemann. Berlin, 9 Apr 1830.

10. Alb[ert] G[ustav] Heydemann. Berlin, 9 Apr 1830.

11. F[riedrich, son] Rosen and C[arl] Klingemann. London, 13 Apr 1830.

12. Beckchen [Rebecka Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. n.p., n.d.

13. C[arl] Klingemann. London, 30 Apr [18]30.

14. [Rebecka Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Fanny Hensel and Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. Berlin, 13-15 May [1830].

15. Albert Baur. Berlin, 18 May 1830.

16. [Fanny Hensel], P.S. from Paul. [Berlin], 18 May [18]30.

17. [Rebecka and Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy], with a sentence from Maria Devrient. [Berlin, 18] and 19 May [1830].

18. [Fanny and Wilhelm Hensel. Berlin], having received F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy's of 21-24 May 1830.

19. [Rebecka] and [Fanny]. Berlin, [21]-22 May [1830].

20. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy], p.3 of 19. 22 May [1830].

21. Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy. [Berlin], 29 May [1830].

22. [Rebecka, Lea "4", Wilhelm Horn]. Berlin, 29 May [1830].

23. [Fanny, Rebecka and Lea "5"]. [Berlin], 30-31 May [1830].

24. [Rebecka, Fanny and Lea "5"] sic [Berlin], 5 Jun [1830].

25. Ottilie von Goethe. [Weimar], 8 Jun 1830.

26. [Rebecka and Fanny. Berlin]. 11 [Jun 1830].

27. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy "7"]. Berlin, 11 Jun [1830].

28. Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Berlin, 13 Jun 1830.

29. [Lea "8" and Rebecka]. Berlin, 14 Jun 1830.

30. [Fanny and Rebecka]. Berlin, 14 Jun [18]30.

31. [Abraham, Rebecka and] L[ea] Mendelssohn Bartholdy "9", P.S. from Paul. Berlin, 16 Jun 1830.

32-33. Wilhelm Hensel, [Lea "10" and Rebecka]. Berlin, 17 Jun 1830.

34. Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Berlin, 18 Jun 1830.

35. Heinrich Beer. Berlin, 19 Jun 1830.

36. [Rebecka and Lea "11"]. Berlin, 19 Jun [1830].

37. R[ebecka], F[anny] Hensel, dictated to Rebecka, and W[ilhelm] Hensel. Berlin, 22 Jun [1830].

38. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy "12"]. Berlin, 22 Jun [1830].

39. C[arl] Klingemann. London, 22 Jun 1830.

40. "Fanny diktiert" [to Rebecka], signed by Fanny. P.S. [Rebecka].

41. Rebecka, Fanny dictating to Rebecka, end in her own hand. Berlin, 25-6 Jun [1830].

42. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy ["13"] ]. Berlin, 26 Jun 1830.

43. Eduard Devrient. Berlin, 27 Jun-7 Jul 1830.

44. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy "14"]. Berlin, 29 Jun [1830].

45. [Rebecka and Fanny]. P.M. Berlin, 29 Jun [1830].

46. [Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. Berlin, 30 Jun, 5 Jul 1830.

47. [Fanny Hensel. Berlin 6 Jul 1830]. Wilhelm Hensel's birthday.

48. [Rebecka and Fanny]. Berlin, 2-3 Jul [1830].

49. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy "15"]. Berlin, 3 Jul 1830.

50. Julius Schubring. Dessau, 3 Jul 1830.

51. A[dolf] B[ernhard] Marx. 3 Jul 1830. P.M. Berlin.

52. F[anny Hensel]. Berlin 5-8 Jul [1830].

53. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy "16"]. Berlin, 6 Jul [1830].

54a. [Rebecka Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. Berlin, 6 Jul [1830].

54b. [Fanny Hensel]. n.p., n.d.

55. [Rebecka, Fanny] and Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy. [17]. Berlin, 10 Jul [1830].

56. [Rebecka Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Berlin], 12 [Jul 1830].

57. [Rebecka Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Berlin], 16 Jul [1830. P.S. from Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy].

58. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy "18"]. Berlin, 17 Jul 1830.

59. Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Roquencourt and Paris, 18-19 Jul 1830.

60. [Rebecka Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. P.M. Berlin, 20 Jul [1830].

61. [Fanny Hensel]. Berlin, 23 Jul [18]30.

62. Rebecka [Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. Berlin, 24 [Jul 1830].

63. [Fanny Hensel]. n.p., n.d.

64. Chaos. [Weimar], nro. 36.

65. [Adolf Bernhard] Marx. Nürnberg, P.M. 17 Jul 1830.

66. F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Draft of Letter [to Goethe. Munich, 16 Jun 1830].

67. E. Finis, for Pietro Mechetti. Vienna, 17 Sep 1830. See Rudolf Elvers, F.M.B. Briefe an deutsche Verleger. (Berlin, 1968), p. 290.

68. Baronin Helmine von Chézy. Stamberg, 10 Jul 1832. Autograph signature given to Mme. Preusser by F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy.

69. F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Letter to Baroness von Chézy. Berlin, 18 Dec 1832, returned from Paris.

70. C[arl] Klingemann. London, 12 Jul 1832.

71. Thomas Attwood. Norwood, Surrey, 5 Nov 1832. P.S. by Carl Klingemann.

72. W[illiam] Watts, Secretary of the Philharmonic Society. London, 8 Nov 1832.

73. Freiherr [Johann Nepomuk] von Poissl. Munich, 29 Oct 1831.

74. Ch[arlotte] and I[gnaz] Moscheles. London, 27 Nov 1832.

75. Adolph F[redrik] Lindblad. St[ock]h[ol]m, 26 Dec 1832.

76. [Franz] Hauser. P.M. Leipzig, 12 Jan [18]33.

77. [Carl Klingemann. London, 18-23 Jan 1833; now MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn c. 34, fols. 20-23].

78. [Rebecka Dirichlet]. Berlin, 28 Jan.

79. [Fanny Hensel]. n.p., n.d.

80. Madame Borries. Hanover, P.M. 20 Feb [1833].

81. C[arl] Klingemann. London, 26 Feb [18]33.

82. Committee for the Niederrheinische Musikfest 1833. Düsseldorf, 7 Mar 1833.

83. F[erdinand] von Woringen. Düsseldorf, 7 Mar 1833.

84. Vacant. [Karl Baermann; now MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn c. 34, fol. 24].

85. [Carl Philipp Heinrich] Pistor. Berlin, 13 Apr 1833.

86. Abraham and [Lea] Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Berlin, 17 Apr 1833.

87. [Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Fanny Hensel, Rebecka Dirichlet and Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy].Berlin, 22-23 Apr 1833.

88. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Rebecka Dirichlet and Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. Berlin, 1May [1833].

89. [Abraham and Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. Berlin, 5 May 1833.

90. [Fanny Hensel, Rebecka Dirichlet, Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy and P.S. Abraham]. P.M. 14 May 1833.

91. W[ilhel]m [von] Eichthal. Nauplia, 15-25 May 1833.

92. Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Berlin, 15 May 1833.

93. [Rebecka Dirichlet, Fanny Hensel] and Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy. [Berlin], 16 May 1833.

94. [Carl Klingemann]. London 28(?) May 1833.

95. Fr[anz] Stoepel. Dieppe, 7 Aug 1833.

96. F[riedrich, son] Rosen. Detmold, 18 Aug 1833.

97. Mary Alexander. London, 20 Aug 1833.

98. Mary Alexander. London, 23 Aug 1833.

99. Eliz[abeth] H. Horsley. [London], 'Friday', [23 Aug 1833].

100. John Taylor. London, 20 Aug 1833.

101. Schuberth (Niermeyer). Hamburg, 24 Aug 1833.

102. Aloys Fuchs. Vienna, 7 Sep 1833.

103. Mary Alexander. London, 10 Sep 1833.

104. [Franz Hauser]. P.M. Leipzig, 12 Sep [18]33.

105. J[ulius] Schubring. Dessau, 14 Sep [18]33.

106. Aloys Fuchs. Vienna, 15 Sep 1833.

107. [Wilhelm] von Boguslawski. Cottbus, 25 Sep 1833.

108. R[ebecka Dirichlet]. P.M. Aachen, 26 Sep [1833].

109. Charlotte Moscheles. London, 26 Sep [18]33.

110. I[gnaz] Moscheles. [London, 26 Sep 1833].

111. Breitkopf & Härtel (F. Härtel). Leipzig, 27 Sep 1833.

112. Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Berlin, 30 Sep 1833.

113. C[arl] Klingemann. London, 1 Oct [18]33.

114. [Fanny Hensel]. Berlin, 5 Oct 1833.

115. Pietro Mechetti. Vienna, 4 Oct 1833.

116. Pietro Mechetti. Vienna, 4 Feb 1832. Copy.

117. Breitkopf & Härtel (F. Härtel). Leipzig, 4 Oct 1833.

118. B[enjamin] Mendelssohn. Sonntag, P.M. Bonn, 6 Oct [1833].

119. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy] to Felix and Rebecka. Berlin, 6 Oct [1833].

120. [Joseph] von Fuchsius, Oberbürgermeister of Düsseldorf, 8 Oct 1833. Official confirmation of appointment.

121. Carl Winter. Spandau, 8 Oct 1833.

122. [Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy, P.S. from Rebecka and Gustav L. Dirichlet, Berlin 14 Oct 1833].

123. Gustav Julius. Berlin, 15 Oct 1833.

124. R[ebecka Dirichlet]. Berlin, 17 Oct [18]33.

125. Mary Alexander. Winkfield Park, Berkshire, 18-20 Oct [1833].

126. Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Berlin, 19 Oct 1833.

127. W[illia]m Horsley. [Kensington], 29 Oct [18]33.

128. [Fanny Hensel]. Berlin, 22 Oct [18]33.

129. C[arl] Klingemann. London, 22 Oct [18]33.

130. [Dr. Gottfried Schadow, Director, and Ernst Heinrich Toelken, Secretary, Königliche Akademie der Künste]. Berlin, 31 Oct 1833. Signatures cut out by F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy

131. F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy's draft of his answer.

132. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. Berlin, 1 Nov 1833.

133. [Fanny Hensel and Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. Berlin, 2 Nov [18]33.

134. [Franz Johann Karl Andreas] Kretzschmer. Andam, 5 Nov 1833. Partly written by a secretary.

135. Aloys Fuchs. Vienna, 6 Nov 1833.

136. Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Berlin, 19 Nov [1833].

137. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. Berlin, 7 Nov [1833].

138. W[illiam] Watts, Secretary of the Philharmonic Society. London, 9ov 1833.

139. W[ilhelm] von Boguslawski. Cottbus, 11 Nov 1833.

140-141. N. Simrock. Bonn, 18 Nov 1833, with an account.

142. A[dolf] B[ernhard] Marx. P.M. Berlin, 19 Nov [1833].

143. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. Berlin, 16 Nov 1833.

144. Vacant. [Rebecka Dirichlet; now MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn c. 34, fol. 26].

145. Mary Alexander. London, 18 Nov 1833.

146. F[riedrich, son] Rosen. Detmold, 20 Nov 1833.

147. Breitkopf & Härtel to Abraham, Leipzig, 21 Nov 1833; note on it from [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy].

148. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. Berlin, 22-23 Nov [1833].

149. [Fanny Hensel]. [Berlin, 22-23 Nov 1833?].

150. Sebastian Hensel (dictated to Rebecka) and Rebecka Dirichlet, P.S. from [Fanny Hensel]. Berlin, 21 [Nov 1833].

151. [Abraham and Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. Berlin, 23-28 Nov 1833.

152. Carl Zulehner. Mainz, 23 Nov 1833.

153. H[ermann] Jimmerthal. Lübeck, 26 Nov 1833.

154. [Wilhelm] von Boguslawski. Cottbus, 27 Nov 1833.

155. Alexander [Mendelssohn]. [Berlin].

156. Gustav Julius. Berlin, 30 Nov 1833. With a poem.

157. [Benjamin] and Rosa [Mendelssohn]. P.M. Bonn, 2 Dec [1833].

158. [Fanny Hensel]. Berlin, 1 Dec [18]33.

159. Eduard Devrient. Berlin, 1 Dec 1833.

160. C[arl] Klingemann. London, 3 Dec 1833.

161. Dr. G[ottfried] Schadow, Director, Königliche Acad. der Künste. Berlin, 3 Dec 1833.

162. Breitkopf & Härtel. Leipzig, 4 Dec 1833.

163. F[ranz] Hauser "In officina Breitkopfiana 6 Dec 1833". P.M. Leipzig, 5 Dec.

164. Rosa [Mendelssohn]. Bonn, 4 Dec [18]33.

165. J[ulius] Schubring. Dessau, 5 Dec 1833.

166. Jacq[ues] Franco Mendès, Violoncello-Solo Honoraire de S.M. le Roides Pays-Bas. Amsterdam, 5 Dec 1833.

167. Vacant. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy: now MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn c. 34, fol. 28].

168. Ad[olf] Fr[edrik] Lindblad to Madame Mendelssohn. [Düsseldorf(?)], 19 Nov 1833.

169. Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Berlin, 8 Dec [18]33.

170. N. Simrock. Bonn, 9 Dec 1833.

171. [Rebecka Dirichlet]. Berlin, 12 Dec [1833].

172. Abraham and [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. Berlin, 16 Dec 1833, P.M. 19 Dec.

173. Dr. jur. A[lfred] J[ulius] Becher. Elberfeld, 10 Dec 1833.

174. J[oseph] Mendelssohn. Berlin, 20 Dec 1833.

175. F[riedrich, son] Rosen. Detmold, 20 Dec 1833.

176. Heinrich Schlesinger. Berlin, 21 Dec 1833.

177. A[lexander] von Sybel. [Düsseldorf?], 24 Dec 1833.

178. [Fanny Hensel]. Berlin, 26 Dec 1833. Message dictated by Sebastian.

179. [Lea and Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Berlin], 26 Dec [1833].

180. Pietro Mechetti. Vienna, 28 Dec 1833.

181. J[ohannes] Schornstein. Elberfeld, 29 Dec 1833.

182. A[dolf] B[ernhard] Marx. P.M. Berlin, 31. Dec [1833].

183. [Erich Heinrich Wilhelm] Verkenius. Cologne, 31 Dec 1833.