22 - Struensee, Adam (?). (Theologian and General Superintendent, and father of the famous Johann Friedrich Struensee; Neuruppin 1708 - 1791 Rendsburg). 63 (of 65) handwritten pages. 'Lübeck, March 22, 1772'. Small octavo. Simple contemporary paperback binding (handwritten inscription 'From my father's father. J. Rathjens. 1891' on the front cover).

Struensee, Adam (?). (Theologian and General Superintendent, and father of the famous Johann Friedrich Struensee; Neuruppin 1708 - 1791 Rendsburg). 63 (of 65) handwritten pages. 'Lübeck, March 22, 1772'. Small octavo. Simple contemporary paperback binding (handwritten inscription 'From my father's father. J. Rathjens. 1891' on the front cover). Handwritten notes or transcripts in closely written continuous text. - At the beginning, the events and daily politics of the year 1771 are recounted, concerning Christian VII, Struensee, Queen Carolina Mathilda, Count Hans zu Rantzau auf Ascheberg, Major General von Eichstedt, Queen Juliana Maria, Hereditary Prince Friedrich, General von Gähler, and others.] After page 37, a second part is entitled 'My Unworthy Son,' followed by accusations and religious admonitions from the father to his son (compare also the 'Letter of Admonition'): 'Your godlessness has prematurely made me a gray-bearded man... Or will you remain what you have always been, a... sinner, a reckless denier of God...' as well as: 'With a swarm of self-serving hypocrites at court, you tried to ingratiate yourself, so that you did not hear the lamentations and wailing that the children of the land poured out against your wickedness. Now you are in your prison, where you hear not the slightest thing about the exiles with which the people persecute you...'. - Last page with place and date, below which is an old crossed-out line. - The first two pages are missing, and some are slightly trimmed.