To: Nikolaus Simrock, Bonn
Vienna, May 5, 1809

Anderson v1 pg230 - letter #217


My Dear and Honoured Friend!

       Our present predicament provides the excuse for my torn off scrap of paper – Just send me a draft for one hundred gulden A.C. so that when I have handed in the Mass [Opus 86] at the same place, I shall be entitled to receive the above sum at once – Accept my good wishes; and cherish pleasant memories of your friend
           
                                                         Beethoven