Dear Peter,
By especial order of His Majesty King Ludwig II of Bavaria I am hereby requested to invite you to settle in Munich as soon as you are able, there to live for your art in expectation of the King’s especial orders, and, as a friend, to help me, who is your friend.
From the day of your arrival an annual stipend of One Thousand gulden will be assigned to you from His Majesty’s exchequer.
Cordially yours,
Your friend
Richard Wagner
Source: Selected Letters of Richard Wagner, trans. and ed. Stewart Spencer and Barry Millington (W. W. Norton & Company, 1988), No. 313