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| Format | Manuscript |
|---|---|
| Title, Manuscript | Auswandererbriefe aus Nordamerika: Transcripts from the Nordamerika-Briefsammlung, Gotha |
| Date | 1850-1887 |
| Abstract | Transcripts of letters from German-speaking immigrants to America, from the Nordamerika-Briefsammlung in Gotha, Germany. The letters are from John Orthel in Pray Grove [?], Illinois, written Dec. 1, 1868; Johann Hummel in Stewardsville, New Jersey, written Jan. 31, 1851; Anton Vogt in Town Forrest [Wisconsin?], written April 7, 1852 to his brother in Schmechten (now Brakel-Schmechten); Robert Prang in Crete, Will County, Illinois, written in1887 to his brother and mother [in Nikolaiken, east Prussia, now Mikolajki, Poland?]; an unknown woman in Kenosha, Wisconsin, written Feb. 20, 1882 to her brother [incomplete]; Joseph Salzmann in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, written Feb. 11, 1861; Joseph Cremer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, written Dreifaltigkeits-Sonntage 1866; Albert Derken in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, written Aug. 29, 1869 to his uncle and aunt; Benjamin Falkenberg in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, written Aug. 26, 1872 to his pastor; Ludwig Weber in Somonauk, Illinois, written June 30 and Aug. 21, 1881 to his sister; a portion of a letter written from California; and August Lennep writing in 1850 from New York and in 1861 from New Braunfels, Texas. |
| Notes | Photocopies of transcripts of letters from German immigrants to America [Auswandererbriefe aus Nordamerika, Nordamerika-Briefsammlung, Gotha: http://www.auswandererbriefe.de/index.html]. |
| Call Number | MKI P2007-19 |
| MKI Terms | Letters/ Emigration and immigration (Germany-US)/ Immigrants, German/ Writing |