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have known. This letter which I give into your charge was sent 
to me just after midnight on the 5th of June, 1828. I immedi- 
ately sent in my resignation, but it was not accepted. The official 
reports concerning the Prince in Nuremberg were of such a nature 
as made it evident that he never could be put in possession of his 
rights. He was described as a person crippled and ruined in 
mind and body. Therefore, considering the welfare of the State 
as of more importance than the interests of a dynasty, I held my 
peace. . By acting otherwise I was afraid of jeopardising the politi- 
cal existence of Baden, to maintain which in its integrity was the 
purpose of my life. Also, I feared that if the truth should be 
revealed; the unhappy Grand-Duchess Stephanie would go mad. 
Major Hennenhofer, whom I may well call my evil genius, knows 
more about this matter than I do. After Leopold’s accession, I 
found in his orders a good excuse for resigning my post.” 
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Among the original documents entrusted to the author of the 
Ziirich pamphlet is a letter written by Grand-Duke Ludwig in 
1819 to Kaspar Miiller, the castellan of Falkenhaus, acknowledg- 
ing Miiller’s congratulations on Ludwig’s accession to the throne. 
The letter begins: “ Mein leiber Herr Castellan Miiller.” The 
fact of the Grand-Duke writing at all to such a man is remarkable, 
and the familiar form of expression makes the circumstance still 
more significant. 
The pamphlet contains an important letter upon this subject, 
written by the celebrated historian Gregorovius, as follows : 
. « «.. I have never doubted that Kaspar Hauser was an 
abducted Prince ; but I sought him elsewhere, and not without 
reason, until to-day, after reading Linde’s unsuccessful attempt to 
deny Hauser’s princely origin altogether. Linde leads us, with 
much unconscious buffoonery, but still directly, to the right clue. 
I am now morally certain that Kaspar Hauser was the son of 
Stephanie, although the legal proofs have never been given to the 
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