kettles. Emphasis is placed on "copper" for it is impor- tant to note that no tea kettle made of brass has been identified as the pro- duct of a Pennsylvania coppersmith in the eighteenth and first half of the nineteenth centuries. This circumstance is difficult to explain since many were made of brass in

a common product of coppersmiths, and they ranged in size Copper tea kettle made by John Frederick Steinman in Lancaster circa 1780, showing the mature form of the Pennsylvania copper tea kettle at that time. (Courtesy Heritage Center of Lancaster County) �Silver cream pitcher made by Peter Getz

A Henry J. Kauffman Sampler of Antiques Professor Henry J. Kauffman is well-known to most students and antiquarians of Pennsylvania German culture. This busy octogenarian continues to produce books on the arts, crafts, and architecture of southeastern Pennsylvania — especially the Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania-German or Pennsylvania- Dutch. As these two designations are fre. quently used indiscriminately, and often lead to unpleasant disagree. ments among those who are related to the people so designated, or interested in their history and literature, it may perhaps be proper to devote a

refinements," they explained. However, the locomotive soon was altered back to Brandt's original plans, and it performed magnificently. Next Brandt went to the Paterson (NJ) Locomotive Works which he managed, but the yearning for the Pennsylvania German country was stirring in Mrs. Brandt. He sold out his

, along with French and English. 24 Michael Schlatter, a native of Switz- erland, was also fluent in German.25 The matter of the general religious climate in Pennsylvania was probably more serious than that of the language problem. It was a vex- ation to the serious proponent of religion. Contemporary

article is to show that the covered wagon, that originated in Lancaster County, is a Pennsylvania German product. Had it originated in or near Boston, NeW England's literary geniuses would have written volumes about this old freight-carrying vehicle, and had it had its home in the South (Old Virginny) its

and Marshall College Library. It is interesting reading. The "tree language" part of the title doesn't seem too unusual, but the "Pennsylvania German gypsy" part does. As one knows, the use of Penn- sylvania German to describe many things is quite common, but I can't recall ever seeing it in relation

ocean voyage was about to begin.' Pennsylvania seemed to be the chief objective for many of the German travelers. It was often delightfully referred to as the "Faraway British Island of Pennsylvania."5 A typical vessel of the 1700's was approximately 140 feet long by 34 feet wide and weighed about 500

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