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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rhiwfield, post: 374749, member: 924&quot;]Just to let you know that I have listed this on Ebay as follows and thank you for all your help!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Generalmajor Leo Ignaz von Stadlinger Signed note to Frances Alford (c1850s)</b></p><p><i>&quot;I am indebted to the posters on Antiquers for their research and knowledge on this item.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>The note, not fully translated, is from Generalmajor Leo Ignaz von Stadlinger, who commanded the Honorary Invalids Battalion of Württemberg based at Comburg in 1862, though the note may have been much earlier</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>His daughter, Caroline von Stadlinger was appointed in 1852 to educate the children of Frances and Henry Alford at Wymeswold (Alford later became the Dean of Canterbury)</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Some information was obtained from Making of America books &quot;Life, journals and letters of Henry Alford, D. D. late dean of Canterbury, edited by his widow&quot;</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>The note is written in an archaic form of German and has not proved possible to fully translate</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>The Generalmajor has lasting fame for his work &quot;Geschichte des württembergischen Kriegswesens &quot;</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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