| Ref No | WIA GC/1895/3 |
| Title | Doren, Alfred to Warburg, Aby 26/11/1895 |
| Writer | Doren, Alfred, styled 'Alfresco' |
| Place1 | Florence |
| Recipient | Warburg, Aby |
| Date | 26/11/1895 |
| Format | manuscript |
| Contents | is angry that he has not heard from Warburg for two months; wonders whether Warburg will receive Doren's letter before his departure for the USA; Doren does not like staying in Florence on his own; supplies Florentine gossip: Professor Schiff [Mario Schiff?] and his wife wanted to split up but have reconsidered; Miss Lucciola Krahnstöver does not look like a happy bride, does not think much of moving to a provincial town in France; old Mr. Caro has died, mentions the [Giovanni?] Poggi house; Miss Fitch is more annyoing than ever, mixing with people of the 'Prachthaus'; 'Schmidti' and 'Krani' also frequent the 'Prachthaus'; Miss Hastings has brought along her mother; star of the season is a beautiful Chinese woman from Hongkong; mentions a German painter and her mother; by saying Mrs. Meyer is the best of them all, Warburg will understand how boring the people are with whom Doren is mixing; the German club is not faring much better, Mr. Kuhfus resigned; the new German consul, a real 'Graf' [F.E. von Stumm?], is not a nice man; mentions von Seckendorff, Nolte, [Oskar] Bulle who, with Doren, have managed to keep the club going in the last year; a number of 'philistines' have resigned, the student meals, however, are fun, the older of the young Boecklins is a good man; Ulmann has given a lecture on his Botticelli research, Bulle will lecture on German loan words in Italian; Doren was asked for a lecture but he will not do do so; in the summer Doren's father visited Ännchen [Anna Pietsch], Doren's fiançée, in Zell am See; Doren hopes that the ice has been broken; Doren visited Venice; at present he is working on his article for 'Archivio Storico', which [Alceste] Giorgetti will translate; hopes to finish by Christmas and then move to Leipzig; his correspondence with [Karl] Lamprecht has terminated; wishes him a good time in the US; he will send him a photograph; Warburg should write to Doren in Frankfurt, Corneliusstrasse 24; Bulle's wife had a girl; everybody in the Pensione sends greetings; supplies addresses of American guests, Mrs. Kate B. Howe, 38 Elon Street, Northampton, Mass and Miss F.U. Woodman, Newtonville, Mass. |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/39 | Ulmann; Hermann (1866-21/04/1896); Dr. | 1866-21/04/1896 |
| DS/UK/95 | Lamprecht; Karl Gotthard (25/02/1856-10/05/1915); Prof. Dr. | 25/02/1856-10/05/1915 |
| DS/UK/125 | Bulle; Oskar (1857-1917); Dr. phil. | 1857-1917 |
| DS/UK/136 | Doren; Anna, née Pietsch (-1937) | -1937 |
| DS/UK/139 | Doren; Alfred (15/05/1869-28/07/1934); Prof. Dr. | 15/05/1869-28/07/1934 |
| DS/UK/190 | Giorgetti; Alceste (1852-1930) | 1852-1930 |
| DS/UK/564 | Poggi; Giovanni (1880-1961) | 1880-1961 |
| DS/UK/1386 | Stumm; Ferdinand Eduard Freiherr von (12/07/1843-10/05/1925) | 12/07/1843-10/05/1925 |
| DS/UK/2245 | Warburg; Aby Moritz (13/06/1866-26/10/1929); Professor, Dr. | 13/06/1866-26/10/1929 |