Ludwig van Beethoven, Brief an Johann Baptist Bach, Wien, einige Tage vor dem 15. Februar 1820, Autograph
Beethoven-Haus Bonn, Sammlung H. C. Bodmer, HCB BBr 2
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Beethoven informs Johann Baptist Bach, his lawyer in matters of the guardianship, of his draft for a memorandum (HCB Br 1) to the Court of Appeal. The Magistrat had revoked Beethoven's guardianship of his nephew Karl in September 1819 and once again awarded it to the child's mother. Beethoven's memorandum to the Court of Appeal contains a counter representation to the Magistrat's report, giving reasons for the decision in the mother's favour.