Ueber das Leben und die Verdienste Johann von Dalbergs

Most Reverend Archbishop,

What I have long since written to Your Archbishopric Grace regarding this subject has become evident during its elaboration. Nevertheless, neither effort nor persistent research have enabled me to describe the merits of a restorer of the sciences, a friend and promoter of scholars, such as Johann von Dalberg was, more precisely and worthily than I initially wished and believed. A lack of sufficient information, and scattered accounts by scholars who often only repeated what others