From Chr. Maercker@21:1/5 to Joan Lowrey on Wed Apr 24 21:18:03 2019
Joan Lowrey wrote:
Are you sure it's not erklärten (declared, reported)?
Think so. The letters "k" and "f" were similar in old German hand
writings. The old German letters (the later Suetterlin.-alphabeth) are
more difficult to read than latin letters.
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