Informs Sam that he can send anything except tobacco to Vienna "free from all interference" via Huth Jackson & Co. of London. A cheque for £4 has been included which will most likely be used for buying cloth for a suit.
Notes that Martha is "deeply shaken by our loss" [of their daughter Sophie], and they are expecting their daughter Mathilde and her husband [Robert Hollitscher] from Hamburg with news of Max [Halberstadt] and family.