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Written around 1817 to Nanette Streicher, a piano maker and one of Beethoven's few trusted friends, who helped him manage his chaotic household during these years. The period was marked by mounting legal battles over the guardianship of his nephew Karl, and by deteriorating health. Beethoven's letters to Streicher form one of the more candid documentary records of his domestic life, distinct in tone from his formal correspondence.