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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Frey, Joshua |
| Title, Analytic | Joshua Frey's Diary |
| Journal Title | Swiss American Historical Society Review |
| Date of Publication | June 2005 |
| Volume ID | 41 |
| Issue ID | 2 |
| Location in Work | 61-67, ill. |
| ISSN | 0883-4814 |
| Abstract | The following material was translated from a report published in 1847 regarding the emigration and founding of New Glarus two years earlier. Joshua Frey was Pennsylvania-born and of Swiss ancestry. Frey, known to Wilhelm H. Blumer of Allentown, was chosen to accompany Niklaus Duerst and Fridolin Streiff on their trip to select and purchase land for the Glarus Emigration Society. . . . The diary spans the period of May 9 (the departure from Pennsylvania) to Aug. 6, 1845 (Frey's return). In the early weeks, the journey by way of the Great Lakes is well documented. . . He continues to faithfully pen his entries throughout the Illinois, Missouri and Iowa portions of the trip. . . . Then as the group enters the Wisconsin Territory, his notations only include key events on key dates with little information in between, raising the possibility that they were written after the fact. |
| Notes | Translation by Leo Schelbert of the text published in Der glarnerische Auswanderungs-Verein und die Colonie Neu-Glarus. Hauptbericht des Auswanderungs-Comite. Den 6. Hornung 1847. (Glarus. Gedruckt und zu haben in der J. Vogel'schen Buchdruckerei, 1847), 19-29. Place names were changed to present-day usage. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | Swiss Americans/ 19th century/ Immigrants, Swiss/ Swiss Americans -- Wisconsin/ New Glarus (Wis.)/ Duerst, Niklaus/ German Americans -- Wisconsin/ Emigration and immigration (Germany-US)/ Personal narratives/ Diaries/ Travel |