September 2, 1876 - factum WAGNER

Sent: Bayreuth, September 2, 1876, 5:50 p.m.
Received: Berg Palace, September 2, 1876, 6:00 p.m.

To His
Majesty King Ludwig II of Bavaria

Berg Palace.

My most heartfelt thanks for the beautiful, meaningful gift [1], Wahnfried’s newest noble adornment!

With most faithful devotion,

Richard Wagner

^{[1] Four days later (September 6, 1876), Wagner writes to Düfflipp that he now receives, “almost every day, the most gracious occasion to look up to his exalted benefactor with the deepest gratitude” for “meaningful gifts (such as, most recently, the Siegfried seal!)}