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13 February 2007
Can You Read It?
This was written by a German born Lutheran minister in the 1870s.
Feel free to post your guess as to what the name is. The first name is pretty easy...
John Leefs.
ReplyDeleteJoh(a)n Loess
ReplyDeleteLuft - very clearly written in the German Sütterlin script
ReplyDeleteYes it is John Lüft. Those who want to learn more about the script can do so here:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.suetterlinschrift.de/Englisch/Sutterlin.htm