Comprises letters from:

1. Fanny [Hensel]. Rome, 1 Jan 1840.

2. [Dr. Karl Gustav] Carus. [Leipzig], 2 Jan 1840.

3. R[aymund] Härtel. Leipzig, 1 Jan 1840.

4. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. Berlin, 9 Jan 1840.

5. J.L. Loewe [father of Auguste Loewe]. Berlin, 10 Jan 1840.

6. M.L. Dohn. Hochberg, 12 Jan 1840.

7. J[osua] Schloss. Cöln, 15 Jan 1840.

8. R[ebecka Dirichlet]. Berlin, 13 Jan 1840.

9. J[ulius] Schubring. Dessau, 17 Jan 1840.

10. Dr. A[dolf] Peters. Dresden, 17 Jan 1840.

11. Committee of 2nd Norddeutsches Musikfest. Schwerin, 18 Jan 1840.

12. Th.P. de Colombey [Théodore Pernot Colomb]. Berlin, 13 Jan 1840.

13. Alexander Mendelssohn. Berlin, 19 Jan 1840.

14. C[aroline] Caspari. [P.M. Berlin], 16 Jan 1840. Sent on to Porsche.

15. Anton Klamroth. Langensalza, 18 Jan 1840.

16. .[Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. Berlin, 20 Jan 1840.

17. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. Berlin, 22 Jan 1840.

18. [Carl] Fr[iedrich] Kistner. Leipzig, 22 Jan 1840.

19. Fr. Alb[ert] Ehregott Bratfisch. Altenburg, 22 Jan 1840.

20. J.L. Loewe [father of Auguste Loewe]. Berlin, 22 Jan 1840.

21. Elisa Meerti. Leipzig, 24 Jan 1840.

22. Sturm & Koppe. Leipzig, 24 Jan 1840. Sent on to David.

22/23. Letter removed.

23. L[udwig von] Mühlenfels. Naumburg, 25 Jan 1840.

24. [Carl Theodor] Seiffert. Naumburg, 5 Jan 1840.

25. [Gustav] Stenzel. Breslau, 26 Jan 1840.

26. W[illiam] S[terndale] Bennett. London, 26 Jan 1840.

27. Salvador Morhange. Leipzig, 27 Jan 1840.

28. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. Berlin, 27 Jan 1840.

29. S. Friedburg. Hamburg, 29 Jan 1840.

30. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. Berlin, 1 Feb 1840.

31. N. Simrock. Bonn, 1 Feb 1840. See XII 223.

32. [Johann] Fr[iedrich Wilhelm] Horlbeck, organist. Adorf, 2 Feb 1840.

33. G[ottfried] A[ugust] Ritter, organist. Erfurt, 3 Feb 1840.

34. [Johann Friedrich Wilhelm] Horlbeck, organist. Adorf, 3 Feb 1840.

35. [Eduard Otto]. Braunschweig, 3 Feb 1840. [Incomplete. Remainder at no. 90].

36. Missing; formerly Fanny Hensel.

37. Caroline Caspari. C. bei Berlin, 4 Feb 1840.

38. [Rebecka Dirichlet]. P.M. Berlin, 3 Feb 1840.

39. C.A. Fesca. Berlin, 5 Jun 1840.

40. J[ohann] F[riedrich] Kittl. Prague, 7 Feb 1840.

41. A[dolf] B[ernhard] Marx. Berlin, 7 Feb 1840.

42. Th.P. de Colombey [Théodore Pernot Colomb]. Berlin, 8 Feb 1840.

43. C[arl] von Holtei. Berlin, 8 Feb 1840.

44. [Karl Emil] von Spiegel. Weimar, 7 Feb 1840.

45. [Karl Emil] von Spiegel. Weimar, 12 Feb 1840.

46. [(Johann Christian)] F[riedrich] Schneider. Dessau, 9 Feb 1840. Sent on to Schleinitz.

47. [Carl Friedrich?] Zöllner. Schwerin, 10 Feb 1840.

48. Joseph Moore. Birmingham, 4 Feb 1840.

49. H[enry] F[othergill] Chorley. London, 11 Feb 1840.

50. [(Johann Christian)] F[riedrich] Schneider. Dessau, 14 Feb 1840.

51. E[lisabeth] Jeanrenaud. Frankfurt, 15 [Feb] 1840,

52. Hen[riette Mendelssohn, née Meyer]. Berlin, 15 Nov [18]40.

53. J[ulius] Fürst. Berlin, 16 Feb 1840. Ends at 57.

54. Christoph Schuncke. Magdeburg, 16 Feb 1840.

55. S. Friedburg. Hamburg, 17 Feb 1840.

56. [(Johann Christian)] F[riedrich] Schneider. Dessau, 17 Feb [18]40.

57. J[ulius] Fürst. P.M. Berlin, 18 Feb 1840. See 53.

58. A[dolf] B[ernhard] Marx. Berlin, 20 Feb 1840.

59. Julius Schubring. Dessau, 19 Feb 1840. Annotated by F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy

60. Committee of 2nd Norddeutsches Musikfest. Schwerin, 21 Feb 1840.

61. Hub[ert] Ries. Berlin, 22 Feb 1840.

62. Walter [Dirichlet] and L.Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Rebecka [Dirichlet]. Berlin, 22 Feb 1840. Ends at XII 244.

63. J. Alfred Novello. London, 18 Feb 1840.

64. J. C[arl] Schlenstedt. Schleiz, 23 Feb 1840.

65. Joseph [Mendelssohn]. Berlin, 23 Feb 1840.

66. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. Berlin, 24 Feb 1840.

67. [Karl Emil] von Spiegel. Weimar, 28 Feb 1840.

68. [Eduard?] Bendemann. Merseburg, 29 Feb 1840.

69. Ferd[inand] Möhring. Saarbrücken, 25 Feb 1840.

70. Aug[ust]e Winck. Zeitz, 29 Feb 1840.

71. Carl Büttel. Frankfurt, 1 Mar 1840. Printed.

72. A.C.G. Vermeulen. Rotterdam, 1 Mar 1840.

73. [Carl Klingemann. London], 13 Mar 1840. Incomplete.

74. Eliz[abeth] H. Horsley. London, 2 Mar 1840.

75. C[arl] Klingemann. London, 3 Mar 1840.

76. Dr. [Johann Paul von] Falkenstein. Dresden, 4 Mar 1840. (Dictated).

77. Fanny [Hensel]. Rome, 4 Mar 1840.

78. Joseph [Mendelssohn]. P.M. Berlin, 4 Mar 1840.

79. E[dward] Buxton. London, 6 Mar 1840.

80. F. Hirtz to Julius Stocks, [Secretary of Schwerin Musikfest, 1840].

81. J[ulius] Rietz. Düsseldorf, 7 Mar 1840.

82. The von Woringens, Arnold Mendelssohn, etc. Berlin, 7 Mar 1840.

83. [Fanny Hensel]. Rome, 7 Mar 1840.

84. Arnold Mendelssohn. Berlin, 7 Mar 1840.

85. C[arl] A[ugust] Lange. Roitzsch, 10 Mar 1840.

86. Eduard Devrient. Berlin, 11 Mar 1840.

87. Charlotte and I[gnaz] Moscheles. London, 12 Mar 1840.

88. Jos[eph] Moore. Birmingham, 12 Mar 1840.

89. [?]. Düsseldorf, [P.M. 11 Mar]. (Fragment, from an actor). The same as 136.

90. Eduard Otto. Braunschweig, 3 Mar 1840. [Incomplete. Last 4 leaves at the end of no. 35].

91. W. Storck, Maler. Leipzig, 15 Mar 1840.

92. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. Berlin, 16 Mar 1840.

93. Julius Hubner. Dresden, 16 Mar 1840.

94. Adolph Embden. Hamburg, 20 Mar 1840.

95. Ernst Grenzebach. Dessau, 21 Mar 1840.

96. Henry F[othergill] Chorley. London, 10 Mar 1840.

97. Signatures of the members of the Gewandhaus Orchestra. Leipzig, 22 Mar 1840.

98. .[Gustav A.] Krug. Naumburg, 22 Mar 1840.

99. Sturm & Koppe. [Leipzig], 22 Mar 1840.

100. A[uguste] H[arkort] Aders. n.p., 24 Mar 1840.

101. Eduard Hermsdorf. Leipzig, 24 Mar 1840. With F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy's drafted answer.

102. Joh[annes] J[osephus] H[ermanus] Verhulst. Leipzig, 24 Mar 1840.

103. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. Berlin, 27 Mar 1840.

104. Joh[annes] J[osephus] H[ermanus] Verhulst. Leipzig, 25 Mar 1840.

105. Administrative body of the Musik Verein Copenhagen. 28 Mar 1840.

106. J[ohann] H[ermann] Kufferath. Utrecht, 28 Mar 1840.

107. Wolf Salomon. Sandersleben, 29 Mar 1840.

108. J[ulius] Schubring. Dessau, 29 Mar 1840.

109. C.F. Lauckhard. Offenbach, 29 Mar 1840. With a poem.

110. Bern[hard] Tauchnitz jun. Leipzig, 30 Mar 1840.

111. [Johann Nikolaus] C[onrad] Götze, Musikdirektor. Weimar, 1 Apr 1840.

112. Ferdinand David and others on behalf of the members of the Institut. Leipzig, 1 Apr 1840.

113. Heinrich Brockhaus. [Leipzig], 4 Apr 1840.

114. K.A.G. Nedden. Königsberg, 12 Apr 1840. With 'Ergänzter Schlusschor zum Faust'.

115. [Rebecka Dirichlet]. Berlin, 5 Apr 1840.

116. Eduard Devrient. P.M. Berlin, 5 Nov 1840.

117. J[ulius] Schubring. Dessau, 7 Apr 1840.

118. [Johann Nikolaus] C[onrad] Götze. Weimar, 6 Apr 1840.

119. Emma Simon. Bernburg, 8 Apr 1840.

120. Jacq[ues] et Joseph Franco Mendès. Paris, 9 Apr 1840.

121. J[ulius] Fürst. Berlin, 11 Apr 1840.

122. [Vacant; formerly Zuccalmaglio].

123. C[arl] Klingemann. [London], 12 May 1840.

124. Aloys Fuchs. Vienna, 12 Apr 1840.

125. John Thomson. London, 13 Mar 1840, P.M. 30 Mar.

126. G[eorg] A[ndreas] Henkel. Fulda, 15 Apr 1840.

127. [Johann Nikolaus] C[onrad] Götze. Weimar, 17 Apr 1840.

128. Ferdinand [Hiller]. Frankfurt, 18 Apr 1840.

129. Julius Stern. [Berlin], 19 Apr 1840.

130. Jos[eph] Moore. Birmingham, 21 Apr 1840.

131. Fanny A. Horsley. [London], 21 Apr 1840.

132 P. de Colombey [Théodore Pernot Colomb]. [Berlin], 22 Apr 1840. With F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy's drafted answer in French.

133. Hub[ert] Ries. Berlin, 23 Apr 1840.

134. [Heinrich Leberecht] A[ugust] Mühling. Magdeburg, 24 Apr 1840.

135. [Carl] Fr[iedrich] Kistner. Leipzig, 25 Apr 1840.

136. [?]. Düsseldorf, 26 Apr 1840. See 89.

137. Vacant.

138. Raymund Härtel. Leipzig, 28 Apr 1840.

139. 0E[duard] Otto. Braunschweig, 28 Apr 1840.

140. H[einrich] Sattler, organist. Blankenburg, 28 Apr 1840.

141. C[arl] Klingemann. London, 28 Apr 1840.

142. P. de Colombey [Théodore Pernot Colomb]. Berlin, 29 Apr 1840.

143. Fanny [Hensel]. Rome, 10 May 1840.

144. [Karl Emil] von Spiegel. Weimar, 4 May 1840.

145. R[aymund] Härtel. Leipzig, 5 May 1840. See XII 240, which precedes it.

146. N. Simrock. Bonn, 7 Mar 1840.

147. Sigmund Goldschmidt. Prague, 7 May 1840.

148. [Johann] Fr[iedrich Wilhelm] Horlbeck, organist. Adorf, 8 May 1840.

149. Committee of Musikfest. Schwerin, 10 May 1840.

150. H[enry] F[othergill] Chorley. London, 11 May 1840.

151. H[einrich] Conrad Schleinitz. Leipzig, 14 May 1840.

152. Charlotte Moscheles. London, 10 May 1840.

153. J[ulius] Rietz. Düsseldorf, 13 May 1840.

154. Committee of 2nd Norddeutsches Musikfest. Schwerin, 17 Mar 1840.

155. Therese Nilke. Lausanne, 14 May 1840.

156. B[enjamin] Mendelssohn. Bonn, 16 May 1840.

157. F[riedrich] W[ilhelm] Markull, organist. Danzig, 16 May 1840.

158. E. Thurneysen, Kapellmeister der Schweizerischen Musik Gesellschaft. Basel, 20 May 1840.

159. A[lbert] Baur. Belzig, 23 May 1840.

160. P. de Colombey [Théodore Pernot Colomb]. Berlin, 14 Mar 1840.

161. Arthur Lutze. Halle, 25 May 1840. Enclosing printed Osterlied by himself.

162. L.D. Beit. Hamburg, 26 Nov 1840.

163. K.G. Hase, Stadtrath. Weimar, 26 May 1840. With draft of F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy's answer.

164. J. Alfred Novello. London, 29 May 1840.

165. Gustav Philippson, Cand. Theol. Teplitz, 29 May 1840.

166. D[r. Heinrich] Dörrien. Leipzig, 20 May 1840. With F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy's drafted answer.

167. W[illiam] S[terndale] Bennett. London, 29 Sep 1840.

168. [Karl Emil] von Spiegel. Weimar, 30 May 1840.

169. 'eine Ihrer aufrichtigsten Verehrerinnen'. [Leipzig], 1 Jun 1840.

170. J[acob] B[ernhard] Limburger. Leipzig, 1 Jun 1840.

171. Dr. [Hermann Theobald] Petschke. Leipzig, 1 Jun 1840.

172. A[lexander] von Humboldt. Note on printed speech delivered by him on 1 Jun 1840.

173. Friedrich Hofmeister. Leipzig, 2 Jul [1840].

174. Heinrich Herm. Mertens. Leipzig, 2 Jul 1840.

175. Karl Eduard Hering. Budissin, 4 Jun 1840.

176. Ferdinand Hiller. Frankfurt, 2 Jun 1840.

177. Albert Baur. Belzig, 5 Jun 1840.

178. .Vacant. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy;now MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn c. 34, fol. 81].

179. Heinrich Beer. Berlin, 10 Jun 1840.

180. J[acob] B[ernhard] Limburger. Leipzig, 4 Jun 1840.

181. . Fr[iedrich Christoph] Förster. Berlin, 5 Jun 1840.

182. C[ar]l Gollmick. Frankfurt, 3 Jun 1840.

183. E[rnst] F[riedrich] Richter. Leipzig, 5 Jun 1840.

184. Charlotte Moscheles. London, 8 Jun 1840.

185. Fanny [Hensel]. Naples, 8 Jun 1840.

186. J[ulius] Stocks. Schwerin, 8 Jun 1840. (Musikfest).

187. Dr. Behrend. Schwerin, 7 Jul [1840].

188. Karl Heinrich Herzel. Breslau, 9 Jun 1840.

189. M. Strack, Candidat des höheren Schulamts. Berlin, 9 Jul 1840. Enclosing XXVII 90 [probably not this item].

190. Wilhelm Sehring. Leipzig, 10 Jun 1840. P.S. only in his own hand.

191. Julie Rudersdorf. Jena, 11 Jun 1840. With F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy's note [to Schleinitz].

192. Franz Bula. Leipzig, 17 Jun 1840.

193. R[aymund] Härtel, [Leipzig], 12 Jun 1840.

194. N. Simrock. Bonn, 18 Jun 1840.

195. J[ohann] G[eorg] Bergfeld. Weimar, 17 Jun 1840.

196. Ottilie von Goethe. Vienna, 13 Jun 1840.

197a. J[ohann] C[hristian] Lobe. Weimar, 16 Jun 1840.

197b. Invitation to Dinner at the Feier der Erfindung der Buchdruckerkunst. Leipzig, 17 Jun 1840. Printed.

198. H[enry] J[ohn] Gauntlett. London, 18 Jun 1840.

199. Gustav Philippson, Cand. Phil. Teplitz, 19 Jun 1840.

200. B[enjamin] Mendelssohn. n.p. [Berlin], 17 Jun 1840.

201. Henry F[othergill] Chorley. London, 20 Jun 1840.

202. Christian [Andreas] von Schumacher, Cuirassier Oberlieutenant in Dänischen Diensten. Leipzig, 29 Jun 1840.

203. L[udwig von] Mühlenfels. Naumburg, 19 Jun 1840.

204. Sophy H. Horsley. Cassel, 20 Jun 1840.

204/205. Letter removed.

205. [Carl Friedrich?] Zöllner. Schwerin, 22 Jun 1840.

206. Eduard Hermsdorf. Leipzig, 22-23 Jun 1840.

207. J.G. Darnstädt. Leipzig, 23 Jun 1840.

208. [Julius Nikolaus] Koetschau. Pförten [bei Naumburg], 24 Aug 1840. To Professor Koberstein.

209. F[riedrich] W[ilhelm] Benecke. London, 25 Jun 1840.

210. Jos[eph] Moore. Birmingham, 25 Jun 1840.

211. Joh[ann] B[enjamin] Gross. St. Petersburg, 25 Jun 1840.

212. J[ulius] Stocks. Schwerin, 25 Jun 1840 (Musikfest).

213. C[arl] Klingemann. London, 26 Jun 1840.

214. J. Schambach & Merhaut, piano makers. Leipzig, 26 Jun 1840.

215. J. Alfred Novello. London, 26 Jun 1840.

216. [Carl] Fr[iedrich] Kistner. [Leipzig], 24 Jun 1840.

217. Dr. [Gustav Adolf] Spiess. Frankfurt, 26 Jun 1840.

218. [Friedrich] H[ieronymus] Truhn. Berlin, 31 Jul 1840, P.M. 5 Aug.