Moshamm, Franz Xaver von, Bavarian lawyer and cameralist, professor in Ingolstadt, is regarded as the pioneer of institutional cinematography in Bavaria (1756-1826). Eigh. Letter from the U.S. "Franz Xav. v. ==References== 3 p. Double page with address and seal remains. Folio. Ingolstadt 15.VIII.1790. To the national economists and cameralists Johann Beckmann (1739-1811), Hofrat and Professor in Göttingen, to whom he proudly reports his nobilization. "... I am now finished with my promised treatise on the Munich workhouse. They will hopefully like the description, since this workhouse is in many respects individual, but it only comes to the question whether the material itself seems important enough to them to be included in their contributions, which already provided preliminary essays ... Since you take also the warmest friendly antheil at my fate years; so I can inform them that I have only recently received a new proof of the great grace of my prince; I was placed by my country prince as the former imperial vicarius in the imperial nobility with the predicate of salvation: Rom: Imperial knight in consideration of my well-known merits for the University in Ingolstadt ... Now that I know reliably that you are in close contact with different journalists, you could do me a special favour if you had this survey inserted into some journals [follows the text of the desired message] ... This announcement, brought about by its great suffering, would give a special pleasure to my high patrons and to me new encouragement and weight at the high school here ...".