Field-Marshal Count Helmuth von Moltke as a correspondent . y heirs; for the conversion of shares,which may be expected in a short time, threatensall capitalists with a loss of a tenth or a fifth oftheir interest. Land brings little, but it canneither be converted, taken away, nor give my best love to Broker. Yourbrother, Helmuth. Berlin, May 1st, 1890. Dear Lene, The grace of God has allowed us to livethrough another Spring, a beautiful gift for whichwe owe special thanks. At present there are onlythe gooseberry bushes and other little shrubswhose little green leaves open to the
Field-Marshal Count Helmuth von Moltke as a correspondent . y heirs; for the conversion of shares,which may be expected in a short time, threatensall capitalists with a loss of a tenth or a fifth oftheir interest. Land brings little, but it canneither be converted, taken away, nor give my best love to Broker. Yourbrother, Helmuth. Berlin, May 1st, 1890. Dear Lene, The grace of God has allowed us to livethrough another Spring, a beautiful gift for whichwe owe special thanks. At present there are onlythe gooseberry bushes and other little shrubswhose little green leaves open to the light, butevery day adds something new and beautiful, andsoon the old lime-trees in your garden will unfoldtheir splendour. I should much like to go to the country now To His Sister Magdalene. 107 when reviving nature is so bccautiful, but theReichstag will meet soon, and in the present un-pleasant state of things, the presence of everyconservative element is much to be I must stay love, from your brother, Helmuth. ..<Jf^~^. FRIEDRICH JOACHIM VON MOLTKE. SELECTIONS FROM LETTERS TO HISBROTHER FRITZ. Fbiedrich Joachim vow Moltke, the Field-Marshals secondbrother, was bom on the 22nd of May, 1799, on the estate ofHorst near Eatzeburg. He received his early education withhis elder brother Wilhelm, and his younger brother Helmuth,in the house of Pastor Knickebein at Hohenfelde in 1811 to 1817 he and his brother Helmuth were at theCollege for Military Cadets, at Copenhagen ; which he left atthe age of eighteen, after having successfully passed the lastexamination. Twenty years later, when a captain, he left theArmy to join the Postal Service in Denmark. After losing hiswife, Elisabeth Boelte, who had been his faithful companion for Selections from Letters, Etc. 109 thirty years, he retired as Postmaster at Flensburg and DanishChamberlain. With his widowed sister, Auguste Burt, hemade his home at Liibeck in 1867. But during the last yearso
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