1795-1895. One hundred years of American commerce ... a history of American commerce by one hundred Americans, with a chronological table of the important events of American commerce and invention within the past one hundred yeras
ed. by Chauncey M. Depew ... Issued in commemoration of the completion of the first century of American commercial progress as inaugurated by the treaty ... negotiated by Chief Justice Jay and approved by President Washington in 1795.
The 50 great pioneers of American industry; the stories of Rockefeller, Swift, Edison, Woolworth, Squibb, Proctor, Sears, Otis, Singer, Carrier, and 40 other business leaders and courageous innovators whose activities founded major industries and shaped today's economy
edited and translated by Robert H. Billigmeier & Fred Altschuler Picard. Sketches by Hans Erni.
Place of Publication
Minneapolis
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Date of Publication
1965
Physical Description
281 p. illus. 24 cm.
Notes
Bibliographical footnotes.
Contents
Note on translation.--Introduction, by R.H. Billigmeier.--Account of a journey to North America and through the most significant parts thereof, by J. Schweizer.--Day book on a journey to North America in the year 1823, by J.J. Rutlinger.
Summary
"In the 1820's, when the flow of immigration was still small, two Swiss immigrant families wrote accounts of what seemed to them to be the most decisive experiences of their lives. These particular accounts relate to a period in the history of American immigration that is less well known than the more spectacular colonial and post- Civil War movements. They are particularly vivid and insightful personal documents affording valuable perspectives of the integration of the 'Old Immigration' of ante-bellum days." [from the introduction]
Describes and illustrates the work of craftsmen and artisans in Colonial America. Shows types of work done in town shops and manufacturies, as well as, in homes, village shops, and country forges.
xvi, 154 p. 21 plates (part col., incl. facsims.) 23 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 135-145. Discography: p. 145.
Tannenberg came to the United States in 1740 with a group of colonists from the Moravian Church. He settled in Bethlehem, PA, and worked there and in nearby Nazareth as a joiner. Soon after Johann Gottlob Klemm, an organ builder, joined the religious community in 1757, Tannenberg became his assistant and worked with him until Klemms death in 1762. In 1765 Tannenberg moved to Lititz, PA, where he established a reputation as a meticulous and distinctive craftsman and carried on the South German tradition he had inherited from Klemm. All of the 32 organs he constructed are said to have been painted white with gold trim and to have had beautifully carved decorations. These instruments were mainly constructed for small churches requiring only one keyboard, or manual. Tannenbergs largest organs were built for Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, PA (1774), and Zion Lutheran Church, Philadelphia (1790); he also built other keyboard instruments such as harpsichords and virginals.In his later years Tannenberg was assisted by Philip Bachmann (17621837), who succeeded him. [Britanica.com]
Contents
Contents include biographical information and information about the craft of making organs and other instruments
