The life of Rev. Michael Schlatter; with a full account of his travels and labors among the Germans in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia; including his services as chaplain in the French and Indian War, and in the war of the revolution. 1716 to 1790
"A true history of the real condition of the destitute congregations in Pennsylvania, by Michael Schlatter" (a translation of Getrouw verhaal van den waren toestant der meest herderloze gemeentens in Pennsylvanien ... Amsterdam, 1751): p. 87-234.
Reverend Michael Schlatter was a minister of the German Reformed church who came to America to serve German immigrants. He was pastor in churches in Germantown and Philadelphia, and he also made missionary tours among the German Reformed settlers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey and New York State.
The life and public services of James Buchanan : late minister to England and formerly minister to Russia : Senator and Representative in Congress, and Secretary of State : including the most important of his state papers
General Washington and his army crossing the Delaware River, Christmas night, 1776 : historical address at Washington Crossing, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Sunday, May 13, 1934
67 p. incl. front., illus. (incl. maps, coats of arms) 25 cm.
Notes
"One of 200 copies."
Contents
pt. 1. An address given before the family reunion at Lancaster, Penn., June 11, 1938, together with: information on the beginning of the family tree.--pt. 2. Journal of a visit to the Rhineland in April, 1938.--pt. 3. A postscript on Germany in Europe.
This essay provides contextual information concerning how the English actually hired the soldiers and why the German princes, and not other nations who were asked, were willing to sell their men to English. It also discusses how the English and German public reacted to the hiring of German soldiers.
