L. v. Beethoven. Receipt signed and sealed by Beethoven, for his allowance from Prince Kinsky, 25 February 1827

Ludwig van Beethoven

Receipt signed in Roman script and sealed by Beethoven ("Ludwig van Beethoven")

acknowledging receipt of two hundred and forty gulden, being his six-monthly living allowance for the period 1 September 1826 to 1 March 1827, paid from Prince Rudolf Kinsky's treasury in Prague, in accordance with the assent granted on 18 January 1815

...Uiber Zweyhundert Vierzig Gulden Conv. Münze vom 1. September [1]826 bis 1. März 1827 halbjährig vertagten Unterhaltungs-Beytrag, welchen ich...aus der Rudolph fürstlich Kinskyschen Prager ['pupillar': deleted] Hauptkasse heute baar und richtig empfangen zu haben anmit quittire...

1 page, folio (c.35 x 20.7cm), integral blank, numbered "82" in manuscript, with Beethoven's red seal (lettered "LVB"), with a second scribal signature, countersigned by the priest C. Santner, confirming his residence in Vienna, papered seal, Vienna, 25 February 1827

Signed by Beethoven a month before his death.