The GermgfOs in the Making c America by Frederick Franklin Schrader
1924 THE STRATFORD CO., Publishers BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS How many
of these same descendants know that to this people belong, by
ancestry more or less re mote, some of the first scientific men of
America, such as the Miihlenbergs, Melsheimer, the father of
American entomology Leidy and Gross, the great surgeon Herkimer,
the hero of Oriskany Molly Pitcher, the heroine of Momnouth Post
the Indian missionary, to whom Parkman himself pays a noble tribute
Heckewalder, the Moravian lexicographer of the speech of the
Delawares Armistead, the defender of Fort McHenry in the war of
1812, - whose flag, still there, inspired the Star Spangled Banner
Barbara Frietchie, and Gen eral Custer Surely, this people merit
that some slight account be drawn from the mostly unknown books and
documents where they have for years reposed, known only to the
antiquarians and often veiled from English readers by the German
lan guage, in which many of the best and most valuable are written,
and given to the English-speaking world of America. LUCY FORNEY
BITTINXSER., The Ger mans in Colonial Times, 1901. CONTENTS PAGE
CHAPTER I Early German Immigration Germans in the Jamestown
Settlement Massachusetts Bay Colony 33 CHAPTER II Two German
Governors of New York, Peter Min newit and Jacob Leisler The
Palatine Immi gration Various Appraisals of its Importance 48
CHAPTER III Germans in New York Sent to the Hudson by Queen Anne
Their Treatment by Governor Hunter A Desperate Situation The Exodus
Indian Friends--Palatine Worthies Weiser, Zenger, Herkimer 58
CHAPTER IV The Germans in Pennsylvania Misjudged by Franklin
Ignorance was General and not Con fined tothe Germans Their Number
Their Industry Praised by Foreigners The Royal Americans .82
CONTENTS PAGE CHAPTER V The Germans and the Revolutionary Movement
in Pennsylvania Together with the Irish the De terminating Factor
in Separation from England Political Evolution The Franchise . . 99
CHAPTER VI The Germans in the Revolution The Advance Guard
Prominent Soldiers Von Steuben, Muhlenberg, Herkimer The Battle of
Oris kany and its Bearings on the Result . . . 115 CHAPTER VII The
Germans Penetrate into the South and West and Attempt Settlements
in Maine and Massa chusetts The German Coast of Louisiana A Texan
Tragedy Bordermen and Pathfinders Conrad Weiser 142 CHAPTER VIII
Development of the American National Character Influence of the
Germans and Irish Stephen A. Douglas and the Nebraska Bill
Campaigns of 1854-36 Lincoln and the Germans 1860 . 179 CHAPTER IX
The Civil War Number of Germans in the Union Army Their Interest in
the Cause Fifty-two German-born Generals Successes and Failures
Germans Save Missouri Schurz and Lieber German Unioir Men in the
South . . 196 CONTENTS CHAPTER X Intellectual Contributions in
Literature, Art, Science, and Education Captains of Industry Astor
and Sutter Carl Follens Influence William Wirt and Gustave
Memminger Generals Armistead, Quitman, Custer Molly Pitcher 229
Bibliography 259 THE RACIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED STATES By
EDW. F. McSwEENEY, LL. D. In a general way, the Racial Contribution
Series in the Knights of Columbus historical program is intended as
a much needed and important contribution to national solidarity.
The various studies are treated by able writ ers, citizens of the
United States, each being in full sympathy with the achievementsin
this country of the racial group of whom he treats. The standard of
the writers is the only one that will justify historical writing
the truth. No censorship has been exercised. No subject now
actively before the people of the United States has been more
written on, and less understood, than alien immigration. Until
1819, there were no official sta tistics of immigration of any sort
the so-called census of 1790 was simply a report of the several
states of their male white population under and over 16 years of
age, all white females, slaves, and others...
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