Washington County Historical Society version (1965)1
Dec. 18—Fritz came today with a military escort of 100 men. He says we will leave tomorrow. How gladly I will leave here. Only the parting from Mina will hurt, that and the fact that I will have to leave my beautiful piano here, on which my Heinrich plays so well.
The Arkansas Historical Quarterly version (1947)2
Dec. 18
Fritz is with an escort of one hundred men, he has written us, and we are supposed to leave tomorrow. Eberles want to wait until spring of next year. If they do, maybe they can live on what we leave behind. Maybe they can manage to hold on to their farm. How glad I will be to leave this place. My only source of sadness will be the necessity of saying good-bye to Nani. Yes, I will have to leave my piano upon which Henry has, in better days, played so beautifully.
- Lemke, W. J. The Hermanns of Old Hermannsburg: Washington County, Arkansas. Fayetteville, AR: Washington County Historical Society, 1965.
- Memoirs, Letters, and Diary Entries of German Settlers in Northwest Arkansas, 1853-1863. Selected and Translated By Clarence Evans, Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. Vol. VI Fall, 1947 No. 3