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The arts and crafts book of the worshipful Guild of violin-makers of Markneukirchen, from the year 1677 to the year 1772, 1894
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162. Johann Georg Fücker was admitted to the rights of mastership on May 29th, 1760, and gave of his own free will half a barrel of beer to the Guild of Violinmakers. Fücker had been enlisted as a recruit during the seven years' war, when, by order of the King of Prussia and Kurfürst of Brandenburg (i.e., Frederick the Great), recruits had been levied for the 10th Saxon Infantry Regiment. As he had found an opportunity of leaving the Prussian service and of entering the Saxon Service, he begged for the rights of mastership to be conferred on him. The full taxes were not claimed, probably on account of his being a soldier.
363. XIV. Johann Adam Nürnberg, 1761. He learnt the violin-making trade in Klingenthal from Johann Christian Eukel, won the rights of citizenship at Markneukirchen, and had half a mind to marry the youngest daughter of master Johann Reichel the elder. On this consideration the fees on admission to mastership were reduced to 10 thaler 16 groschen. In the event of his neither marrying the lady under consideration, nor any other master's daughter, the sum of 31 thaler was assessed upon him as a deferred payment.
564. Hans Georg Goetzel, from Wernitzgrün, son of Hans Conrad Goetzel, member of this Guild and an inhabitant of Wernitzgrün, 1761.
765. Hans Georg Reichel, son of Johann Conrad Reichel (see No. 16), and
966. Hans Georg Kretschmann (son of Hans Adam Kretschmann), both violin-makers' apprentices, 1762. They were
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