Louisville  Ky   Dec 26th 1888

Mrs Mary A Baker

              Yours of the 18th received and in answer will say  You are one of the heirs to 2 estates one in Baltimore and one in Germany    You do not descend from the same branch of the Brandenburg family that I do   Your grand father and my great grand father were brothers   My folks have no interest in the Baltimore estate  and we have an estate in Germany left to my Great Grand Father Mathias Brandenburg by 2 aunts of his that you folks have no interest in but there is an estate there that was confiscated from Solomon the father of Mathias in which you have an interest

We are trying to make up money to send some one to Berlin to investigate the whole thing for all of us   Most of the heirs are contributing ten dollars

I have received several letters from Mrs Smith of Clyde Ohio   Glad to hear from you any time

              Very Respt

                                      C. D. Bell