The Germans and Swiss settlements of colonial Pennsylvania: a study of the so-called Pennsylvania Dutch

Oscar Kuhns

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• e • o o • o X Koh^S AND SWISSTHE GERMAN OF COLONIALSETTLEMENTS A STUDYPENNSYLVANIA: SO-CALLED PENN-OF THE DUTCHSYLVANIA BY OSCAR KUHNS the Sons theMember the of ofPennsylvania Societyof andtheRevolution, Society, ofof Pennsylvania-German the Lancaster HistoricalCounty Society NEW YORK COMPANYHOLT ANDHENRY 1901 PUBLIC LIBilAiY 12360 15 ANDASTOB. LENOX TILDBN B-OLNUATIOXS LIt 1039 1900,Copyright, BY HENRY HOLT & CO. ROBERT NEW YORK.DRUMMOND, PRINTER, THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR TO THE MEMORY OF HIS ANCESTORS GEORGE KUNTZ AND HANS HERR PIONEER SETTLERS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA " Die Enkel thun an die Miihengut ihrer zu denken."Vorfahren —Freytag. 3i PREFACE. The of this book is to aobject give complete concise view of a phaseyet too-much-neglected hasof American The author especiallyorigins. to be as far astried impartial, avoiding possible tomere and the factsrhetoric, speakallowing As a book of this kind can havefor themselves. no real value unless it is authorities havereliable, at the risk ofbeen evenquoted, makingfreely number of foot-notes than isthe larger perhaps suited to the taste of the public.general Switzerland,Bern, October i, 1900. iii CONTENTS. PAGE Preface iii . . Chapter I The Historic Background i II The of the German CountiesSettling OF Pennsylvania 30 HI. Over Land and Sea 62 IV. Manners and Customs of the Pennsyl- vania-German Farmer in the Eighteenth Century 83 V. and Education.Language, Literature, 115 VI.

Sujets

• Swiss
• Pennsylvania
• Germans

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 5
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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Koh^SAND SWISSTHE GERMAN
OF COLONIALSETTLEMENTS
A STUDYPENNSYLVANIA:
SO-CALLED PENN-OF THE
DUTCHSYLVANIA
BY
OSCAR KUHNS
the Sons theMember the of ofPennsylvania Societyof
andtheRevolution, Society, ofof Pennsylvania-German
the Lancaster HistoricalCounty Society
NEW YORK
COMPANYHOLT ANDHENRY
1901PUBLIC LIBilAiY
12360 15
ANDASTOB. LENOX
TILDBN B-OLNUATIOXS
LIt 1039
1900,Copyright,
BY
HENRY HOLT & CO.
ROBERT NEW YORK.DRUMMOND, PRINTER,THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR
TO THE MEMORY OF HIS ANCESTORS
GEORGE KUNTZ
AND
HANS HERR
PIONEER SETTLERS OF
LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
"
Die Enkel thun an die Miihengut
ihrer zu denken."Vorfahren
—Freytag.
3i