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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Duerst, Niklaus |
| Title, Analytic | Memorandum and Account Book |
| Journal Title | Swiss American Historical Society Review |
| Date of Publication | June 2005 |
| Volume ID | 41 |
| Issue ID | 2 |
| Location in Work | 43-60 |
| ISSN | 0883-4814 |
| Abstract | Transcription and translation of a notebook kept by one of the two men who selected the site for the Swiss colony of New Glarus in Wisconsin. The original document is archived at the Wisconsin State Historical Society in Madison, Wisconsin. Niklaus Duerst was a 48-year-old appeals judge from Canton Glarus, Switzerland, who, along with 29-year-old blacksmith Fridolin Streiff, was selected by the Emigration Society of the Canton of Glarus to travel to the United States in 1845 and purchase land for a proposed settlement. |
| Notes | Transcribed and translated by Leo Schelbert; revisions by Urspeter Schelbert. |
| 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) |