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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Fuehrer, Karl Friedrich |
| Title, Analytic | Wahrheit und Guter Rath, an die Einwohner Deutschlands, besonders in Hessen = Truth and Good Advice, to the Inhabitants of Germany, Especially in Hesse. Philadelphia: Carl Cist, 1783 |
| Author, Monographic | Edited and translated by Christoph E. Schweitzer |
| Journal Title | Yearbook of German-American Studies, |
| Volume ID | Supplemental Issue, vol. 1, 2003 |
| Location in Work | 78 pp. |
| Abstract | Reproduction, with translation and commentary, of a pamphlet urging Germans to settle in America. The pamphlet "not only tells us about the excesses of the [military] recruitment practices in Hesse-Kassel but also presents the most radical anti-feudal statement in German at the time." It concludes with a "fiery poem" directed to the Hessian and other German troops that were sent to America. The commentary discusses Hessian soldiers in the American Revolutionary War; provides evidence for identifying the pamphlet's author; and examines the structure, language, and style of the writing. |
| Notes | Führer; courtesy of Special Collections, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | Immigrants, German/ Emigration and immigration (Germany-US)/ Philadelphia (Pa.)/ Economic aspects/ Pennsylvania/ 18th century/ Social conditions/ Hessians/ Hesse/ Revolution, 1775-1783 |