Hottinger, Jacob. Letter, 1856 July 15. 1 letter. Location: Misc. Jacob Hottinger in New Orleans, La., writes his friend, Jacob Kreis, to find where he is living so he can reestablish contact with him. He had learned that his wife, the daughter of Martin Führer of Cincinnati, had known the Kreis family in Tennessee and that they may have moved to St. Louis, Mo., or Montgomery, Ala. Hottinger had moved to New Orleans the previous fall and he and his wife had a baby girl recently. He complains of the heat, reports no yellow fever or cholera, and notes that murders and killings occur daily. In German. Mss. 3907.