11. CARL MICHAEL BELLMAN SIGNED MINUTES, 1770.

BELLMAN, CARL MICHAEL (1740-1795). Handwritten and signed protocol (CM Bellman), dated May 5, 1770, comprising 1 page in folio (315x190 mm.). Weight, slightly browned margins, some minor tears in lower margin. Also later dating in the corner 17 May of the same year.

Excerpts from the minutes of the Directorate General of Customs, where Bellman was secretary, relating to financial matters connected with the surviving children of the late medal engraver Hoffman. Possibly they were entitled to some kind of pension which their guardians wished to extend. Hoffman had apparently worked for the customs office, and now the engraver Lindman offered to make various seals for the price stated in the minutes, which somehow seems to be connected with the second question. Such excerpts were made to notify either party of a decision.

In August 1767, Bellman gets a new job as "extraordinarius in Kongl. Office of the Directorate General of Customs". In the spring of 1770, he writes the first of Fredman's epistles and now moves to Urvädersgränd.

Provenance: Ludvig Kahn (wine merchant in Stockholm at the beginning of the 20th century); Ludvig Kahn's estate; Clas Otto Rubens Bellman Collection (Lidingö); Bengt Jonshult, Stockholm (Bellman expert), to current owner.