1872.09.07 English
THE ROYAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF-MUTES IN C O P E N H A G E N
SEPTEMBER 7, 1872
YOUR GRACE[1] !
IN CASE YOUR GRACE MIGHT WISH TO PURCHASE A WRITING BALL ALSO FOR THE LOTTERY CONNECTED TO THE ART AND INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION, I HEREBY TAKE THE LIBERTY TO INFORM YOU THAT THE BEST SPECIMEN OF THE MACHINES I AM CURRENTLY EXHIBITING, THE ONE THAT IS PLACED BY ITSELF IN A GLASS CASE, IS FOR SALE AT THE PRICE OF 250 RIX-DOLLAR. IT SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE THAT THIS PRICE DOES NOT TALLY WITH THE PRICES I PREVIOUSLY QUOTED, WHEN SENDING MY WRITING BALLS TO THE EXHIBITION. THE DISCREPANCY IS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE MACHINES HAVE BEEN SWITCHED SEVERAL TIMES. ______THE SAID SPECIMEN IS ON SHOW DAILY FROM 12 O´CLOCK TO 2 AND FROM 4 TO 6. IT USES ONLY LOWER CASE LETTERS AND WRITES BEAUTIFULLY.
YOUR OBEDIENT SERVANT
R. Malling Hansen
(At the bottom of the page are also 8 lines of handwritten text that is so hard to read that I have given up. CB)
[1] At the bottom of the page is the following, presumably the recipient: “HIS EXCELLENCY THE COUNCILLOR OF DEFENCE MR CHRISTENSEN, KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF DANNEBROG AND DBM M.M.”
SA: This is Georg Christensen, 1819-1883, who was the initiator of the Art and Industrial exhibition in Copenhagen, 1872, where he was responsible for the organisation and the placement of the different sections. At the 1872 Exhibition RMH was awarded with a First Price Medal.
- Georg Christensen, 1819-1883, responsible for the organisation and placement of the sections at the Art and Industrial Exhibition in Copenhagen, 1872. Copyright: The Royal Library in Copenhagen
- RMH had several writing balls at the exhibition. The picture shows the 1870 model, owned by Technical museum in Denmark. Photo: Sverre Avnskog
- This is the First Price Medal that RMH won at the exhibition. Photo: Sverre Avnskog
- General Georg Christensen(1819-1983) was presented in "Illustreret Tidende" (Illustrated News) as Councillor of War and Weapons Inspector. He was Commission Agent of the exhibition and responsible for the organisation of the Nordic Art and Industry Exhibition in Copenhagen in 1872.
- This is the presentation of Georg Christensen in Salomonsens konversationspeksikon's second edition
- Map showing the whole exhibition area in Copenhagen 1872. Copyright: The Royal Library in Copenhagen
