Friedricho Wilhelmo Haacko laiškas Gotthilfui Augustui Franckei

LETTER OF FRIEDRICH WILHELM HAACK TO GOTTHILF AUGUST FRANCKE In recent decades, researchers have been increasingly interested in the history of the Lithuanian seminary in Halle (1727-1740) and, in particular, in the work of E. W. Haack at the seminary (see Bense 1974, 1994; Schiller 1994a, 1994b; Drotvinas 1998a, 1998b, 2001). However, the various researches on this topic, which is relevant to the history of Lithuanian studies, are complicated, among other things, by the lack of archive documents. Continuing my research into the lexicography of Lithuania Minor, I found in the archives of the Franckesche Stiftungen in Halle a letter by F. W. Haack (signature A FSt/M 5 C5:14) to Gotthilf August Francke, then head of the Francke Foundation. The letter is written on a 17.3 cm long and 10.2 cm wide sheet, folded in half and forming four pages, the first and second of which contain the text of the letter, the third — empty; The letter was folded in half again when it was sent, and on the fourth page, in red ink, the address was AMonsieur Monsieur Francke Profe[feur en Theologie a Halle. The sender's red fine stamp is shattered and unreadable. In the archives the letter is inventoried as a two-page text, on the first page of which, in the upper right corner after the place and date of writing (Stettin, 19 May 1732)' numerator is printed the storage unit pagination number 402 and in black pencil is written 505, at the bottom in red pencil — another 14. The paging continues with the number 403 in the upper right corner of the third (empty) page. Both pages of the letter are perforated with two (four in total) holes, which “excavate” some parts of the letter’s words and make it difficult to read the text. The letter of F. W. Haack is important in several respects. It clearly shows how the students of the Halle University Theological Faculty were used in the colonization of East Prussia. As a document of the political and cultural life of the first decades of the 18th century, the letter has attracted the attention of historians and has been referred to in the collection of documents on the history of the development of Southernism (MiillerBahlke, Groschl 1999). The letter itself was exhibited in the exhibition held at the Franke Foundation in Halle from 26 June to 28 October 2001 and annotated in the catalogue dedicated to it*. The letter provides data to clarify Haack’s biography and to illuminate the perspective of the activities of the Lithuanian Language Seminar in Halle. In fact, why did Haack, after replacing Johann Richter, the first head and teacher of the Lithuanian language seminary, who had left Halle and returned to Lesser Lithuania in the autumn of 1728, have to leave the Lithuanian language seminary and say goodbye to Halle? It is known that King Friedrich Wilhelm I, j Day 19 corrected from 10 (?), zr. Mūller-Bahlke, Groschl (1999: 140). ? About the intentions to include Hallés Waisenhaus in the East Prussian iSvvění a integrace Zr. Miiller. Bahlke (2001: 140). 180 | PUBLICATIONS In 1600, the Duke of Salzburg invited 16,000 emigrants from Salzburg to colonise Prussia, which had been devastated by the Great Plague and famine. Their journey route went through Halle and Berlin, then to Lesser Lithuania. Students of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Halle, including Haack, were sent as companions (preachers and interpreters) of the emigrants. In a letter from Berlin dated 9 May, one of these companions, Johann Friedrich Breuer, informed Francke that the preachers Hahn and Haack had arranged to accompany the Salzburgers*. Haack is also mentioned in the diary of another companion, the student Kuhch, on his journey from Halle to Berlin from 24 April to 12 May 1732, where it is written that Haack left Berlin with a group of emigrants on 10 May.” Understanding the possible consequences of Haack's departure from Halle, Francke asked the king to leave Haack in Halle as a lecturer at the Lithuanian language seminary, and probably received his consent. In a letter dated 13 May 1732, Francke, on behalf of herself and the professors of theology Joachim Lange and Johann Heinrich Michaelis, thanked the king for his order to Haack to return to Halle for six months. At the same time, Francke regrets in the letter that the king’s order did not reach Haack in Berlin, so Francke writes that he sent him letters to Kraków and Stettin. However, from Haack’s letter to Francke, we see that Francke was prematurely pleased with Haack’s permission to return to Halle: the king did not grant the request of the Halle theologians and Haack had to obey a higher, i.e. the king’s, decree®. Haack's non-return to Halle was detrimental to the further activities of the seminary. Undoubtedly, Francke and Haack had various ideas for the development of Southernism and for strengthening the tradition of Lithuanian studies. Unfortunately, subsequent seminar leaders did not appear in Lithuanian studies. The letter also helps reveal the authorship of Haacko's Vocabvlarivm. The Franckesche Stiftungen library holds a copy of the Haack dictionary, called durchschossenes Exemplar, t. y. Vocabvlarivm specimen with manuscript additions and annotations (see Drotvinas 1998). These manuscript additions are the work of several unidentified individuals. Looking for the author(s) of the notes, I guessed that one of them might be the creator of Vocabvlarivm himself, but I did not have Haack's autograph. Now, when you find the published letter, Haack's handwriting can be compared with the handwriting of the notes. This approximation allows us to more firmly support the previous assumption that a significant, perhaps even greater part of the notes (at least 2/3) is written by the author Haack himself. Of course, we could come to more precise conclusions by carrying out a graphological comparison analysis of both texts — the notes and the letter. However, Haack’s additions can already be considered as his own efforts to compile the dictionary material for the second edition of Vocabylarivm, which was probably not completed because of the author’s departure from Halle. We present a facsimile of the original letter of F. W. Haack, an extended transliteration of the text and a translation into Lithuanian. When transliterating the text, abbreviations are expanded, reconstructed letters are written in square brackets. Capital letters are written as in text. Words written in Latin (humanist) graphics are presented in italics." 3 Sign. 5: 22, cf. Mūller-Bahlke, Groschl (1999: 31), cf. also Mūller-Bahlke (2001: 140). Diary of a theology student about his journey accompanying Salzburg emigrants from Halle to Berlin, sign. 5 C 5: 22, see Miiller-Bahlke, Groschl (1999: 31). 3 Letter of thanks from Gotthilf August Francké to Friedrich Wilhelm I for ordering Haack to return to Halle, sign. 5: 28–30, cf. Miiller-Bahlke, Groschl (1999: 35). 6 We know from Haacko’s biography that in 1733 he was ordained a priest in Berlin, then appointed a deacon of Gumbinė, was a priest in Gerviškėnai, and from 1734 until his death (1754) was a priest of Pilkalnis. I thank Mrs. Aušrine Jonikaite for helping to decipher the letter and correct the translation. PUBLICA- [Addresses] AMonsieur Monsieur Francke Professor of Theology a Halle. [1] Stettin d[en] 19* May 1732. Highly honoured and high-aged Infonders Highly honoured teacher Prof. Your Honours will allow me to answer your appeals for lack of time. 1. Concerning the circumstances in which I have been swept a short time ago; fo I can not say otherwise than that I find it from god*, who convinces me more and more powerfully that he wants it fo and not otherwise. I will not step out of the field before I've been honored by him. The circumstances of the Lithuanian seminary are not able to dissuade me from doing so, because in Königsberg there will be found someone who will be able to do it with greater diligence and faithfulness than I have been able to. It also falls to me [ehr [chwer Dieg[en]* souls 2] that I find entrusted to me, to lose 3u times bey the first initiation, after which it is the me= [te in the guidance ankomm[- m]t; Find* with me no inclination to go 3u. Der H[er]r Profffe[- u]r* will then generate the love** for me and the surrounding all 3ufam[m- ]en take and preach, so that you may not hinder the work of God out of good will. reports also jego [elbften my umftande at the King. 2) Since I did not stay there on the letter of the Lord Prof., which I received in Berlin, but went on, I can TIONS | 181 *fixed to $10 (?) *half iEnlarged lowercase g *h corrected * after the line has been crossed out. *d lowercase corrected to uppercase * pierced word doch? *I skipped the checkbox **L is hard to distinguish from/ 182 | PUBLIKACIJOS not be angered at all, because I had a repulsive order from the Ober Directorio to go with the people immediately with Fu. 3) Daf ich jeso nicht zurük kom[m]en kan, fon= dern heute noch im Nam[en] gottes vo[n] h]ier* *pradurty žodžių raidės atstatytos abfiegeln werde; ift theils* the above *taisyta, po theils nubraukta obig (?) blessed Urfach theils, daB I have received no fpecielle order from the king] have gone to rik 3u. For the rest, I recommend you to god. u[nd] [[einer] gnade[n] u[nd] bleibe Thr Dien[twilliger F. W. Haack. Translation into Lithuanian: Stettin, May 19, 1732 Your Excellency and Greatly Learned, Your Highly Respected Mr. Professor. Your Excellency will forgive me if I reply to your letter briefly for lack of time [1] 1 As for the ministry which I have been performing for some time now, I can say nothing but that it is God’s will, and I am increasingly convinced that He wants it this way and not that way. Therefore, I will not leave here before He wills to do so. The Lithuanian language seminary office cannot force me to leave, because there will certainly be someone in Karaliaučius who can do it with greater benefit and devotion than I could. I also find it difficult [2] to abandon those souls entrusted to me in the first ministry, which is the most important thing in spiritual guidance. PUBLICATIONS | 183 I do not feel any desire to return. Mr. Professor, please forgive me and consider all the circumstances so that you do not try to change the will of God with your good intentions. I will also now myself inform the King of my circumstances by letter. 2) The fact that I did not stay in Berlin in response to Mr. Professor's letter received there, but went on, cannot be blamed on me in the least, since I had the opposite order from the Supreme Leadership to go on immediately with the people. 3) That I cannot return now, but I leave in the name of God; this is me in part for the above reasons, in part that I have not received from the King a separate order to return. In any case, may God and His grace bless you and I reserve your helpfulness E W. Haackas 1 PAV. ADDRESS OF HAACK'S LETTER TO FRANCKE 184 | PUBLICATIONS 2 PAV. HAACKO LETTER FRANCE FIRST PAGE | 185 PUBLICATIONS 3 PAV. HAACKO LAISKO FRANCKEI SECOND PAGE yh « Ey Fr Alh 186 | PUBLICATIONS LITERATURE BENSE, G. 1974: Lithuanica in Halle. 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