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The Hessians of Lewis Miller: assimilation of German soldiers in America after the Revolution

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Author
Stayer, Jonathan R..
Date of Publication
1988.
Call Number
759.1392 S798
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by Jonathan R. Stayer.
ISBN
0939016079 (pbk.)
Author
Stayer, Jonathan R..
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Penn State Univ.,
Date of Publication
1988.
Physical Description
iii, 238 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
A project in American Studies submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Master of Arts degree in American Studies, The Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg, The Capital College, July 10, 1988.
Bibliography: p. 233-238.
Summary
Lewis Miller was an artist in York, PA. He made sketches of 22 Hessian soldiers who fought for the British during the American revolution and stayed in the York area after its conclusion. The author's book is based on those Hessians. In the introduction, the author states, "The purpose of this paper is to consider the individual soldiers, their families,their lives, and their involvement in the York community in which they settled. What happened to these men after the Revolution ? Why did they choose the communities in which they settled. Were they accepted by the Americans ? Did they experience financial success ? What was the nature of their family life ? Did their families suffer the stigma of having a 'Hessian' patriarch."
Subjects
Miller, Lewis, - 1796-1882.
Sherbahm family.
Sleeger Family.
Stengel Family.
Younger Family.
Zangel Family.
Vogt Family.
Baumgardner Family.
Cramer Family.
Farnschild Family.
Moore Family.
Engelmohr Family.
Hattendorf Family.
Henicker Family.
Herbst Family.
Hubly Family.
Lochner Family.
Stein Family.
Hessians - Pennsylvania - York County
German Americans - Pennsylvania - York County
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - German mercenaries.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Portraits.
United States  - History  - Revolution, 1775-1783  - Participation, German.
York County (Pa.) - Biography.
Additional Corporate Author
Johannes Schwalm Historical Association.
Historical Society of York County (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
759.1392 S798
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The Hessians of Lewis Miller

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Author
Miles, Lion G.
Date of Publication
1983.
Call Number
759.1392 M652
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Responsibility
text by Lion G. Miles ; research by Jonathan R. Stayer and Lion G. Miles ; photography by Hayman Studio of Commercial Photography, Inc.
ISBN
0939016079 (pbk.)
Author
Miles, Lion G.
Place of Publication
[Lyndhurst, Ohio]
Publisher
The Association,
Date of Publication
1983.
Physical Description
iii, 68 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Notes
"Pennsylvania German-American Tricentennial Project of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, Inc. with assistance from the Historical Society of York County (Pa.)."
Bibliography: p. 67-68.
Summary
Drawings of German men who had been soldiers for the British in the American Revolution and then remained in America after the war. Mr Miller knew of these men and made drawings of them. Biographical information accompanies the drawings.
Subjects
Miller, Lewis, - 1796-1882.
Hessians - Pennsylvania - York County
German Americans - Pennsylvania - York County
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - German mercenaries.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Biography.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, German.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Portraits.
York County (Pa.) - Biography.
Additional Corporate Author
Johannes Schwalm Historical Association.
Historical Society of York County (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
759.1392 M652
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The Hessians

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Author
Clark, Martha Bladen.
Date of Publication
1900
THE HESSIANS. Wilhelm V., of Hesse-Cassel, fought on the side of Sweden during the thirty-years' war, for which he was put under the ban of the empire. The suc- cessors of Wilhelm V. pursued the practice he had begun of hiring out Hessian soldiers to fight in the service of foreign Princes, a
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Responsibility
by Miss Martha B. Clark
Author
Clark, Martha Bladen.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1900
Physical Description
[119]-137 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 4, no. 5/6
Summary
A number of stories and details about the German soldiers used by the British in the American Revolution - including where they came from , their service , and their imprisonment as captured soldiers.
Subjects
Hessians - United States.
Hessians - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, German.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century - German mercenaries.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 4, number 5/6 (1900), p. 119-137Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.4
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Index to archived material [belonging to the ] Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, 1986

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Call Number
905.748 JSHA v.3, no.2
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62-73 p.
Notes
In: Journal of Johannes Schwalm Historical Society, v.3, no.2 (1986).
Subjects
Hessians
United States
United States - History - Revolution ,1775-1783 - Participation, German - Sources
United States - Revolutionary War 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons - Sources.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 JSHA v.3, no.2
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"Of Revolutionary memory" : German mercenaries who immigrated to western Maryland

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Author
Kiddoo, Nancy Rice
Date of Publication
1989.
Call Number
905.748 PGSR v.23, no.2
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Responsibility
by Nancy Rice Kiddoo.
Author
Kiddoo, Nancy Rice
Date of Publication
1989.
Physical Description
re-80 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania German Society, the Rainbow, v.23, no.2 (1989)
Subjects
United States
Revolution, 1775-1783
Hessians
 United States  - History  - Revolution, 1775-1783  - Participation, German.
Frederick County, Md. - History.
Maryland - History - Revolution - 1775-1783.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PGSR v.23, no.2
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Hessian laborers at Lancaster, Pa., 1777

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Author
Smith, Clifford Neal.
Date of Publication
1971
Call Number
905.29 NG v. 59 (1971)
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by Clifford Neal Smith.
Author
Smith, Clifford Neal.
Date of Publication
1971
Physical Description
p. 188.
Notes
National Genealogical Society Quarterly, v., 59 (1971).
Summary
This is a short article that provides the last names of Hessian prisoners who were being paid for work on "public buildings" in Lancaster. No other information about the prisoners or their work is given.
Subjects
Hessians - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Prisoners of war - Germany.
Prisoners of war - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, German.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.29 NG v. 59 (1971)
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Dangerous guests : enemy captives and revolutionary communities during the War for Independence

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Author
Miller, Ken,
Date of Publication
2014.
Call Number
973.322 M648
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Responsibility
Ken Miller.
ISBN
9780801450556 (cloth : alk. paper)
0801450551 (cloth : alk. paper)
Author
Miller, Ken,
Place of Publication
Ithaca
Publisher
Cornell University Press,
Date of Publication
2014.
Physical Description
ix, 247 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Notes
Autographed by the author after his presentation of 25 September 2014.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Prologue : a community at war -- "A colony of aliens" : diversity, politics, and war in pre-revolutionary Lancaster, Pennsylvania -- "Divided we must inevitably fall" : war comes to Lancaster -- "A dangerous set of people" : British captives and the making of revolutionary identity -- "'Tis Britain alone that is our enemy" : German captives and the making of American identity -- "Enemies of our peace" : captives, the disaffected, and the refinement of American patriotism -- "The country is full of prisoners of war" : nationalism, resistance, and assimilation -- Epilogue : the empty barracks.
Summary
"As the Americans' principal site for incarcerating enemy prisoners of war, Lancaster stood at the nexus of two vastly different revolutionary worlds: one national, the other intensely local. Captives came under the control of local officials loosely supervised by state and national authorities. Concentrating the prisoners in the heart of their communities brought the revolutionaries' enemies to their doorstep, with residents now facing a daily war at home.Many prisoners openly defied their hosts, fleeing, plotting, and rebelling, often with the clandestine support of local loyalists... The challenge of creating an autonomous national identity in the newly emerging United States was nowhere more evident than in Lancaster, where the establishment of a detention camp served as a flashpoint for new conflict in a community already unsettled by stark ethnic, linguistic, and religious differences. Many Lancaster residents soon sympathized with the Hessians detained in their town while the loyalist population considered the British detainees to be the true patriots of the war. Miller demonstrates that in Lancaster, the notably local character of the war reinforced not only preoccupations with internal security but also novel commitments to cause and country." [from Amazon.com]
Subjects
Yeates, Jasper, - 1745-1817.
Shippen, Edward, - 1639-1712 - Correspondence.
Prisoners of war - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Hessians - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Nationalism - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Nationalism.
Prisoners of war.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
United States.
History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.322 M648
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A remarkable letter

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1902
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.6
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by F. R. Diffenderffer.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1902
Physical Description
[85]-89 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 6, no. 6 & 7
Summary
This article addresses the practice, during the Amercan Revolution, of Britain contracting with several German principalities to use their troops in America. These troops were the "Hessians." Britain used 30,000 Hessian troops, and about 17,000 of them came from Hesse-Cassel .The author quotes a letter from the Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel to one of his ministers in which he is concerned about the payments he should receive from the British for his wounded or killed soldiers. He believes there was a miscalculation.
Subjects
Frederick - II, - King of Prussia, - 1712-1786.
Hessians.
Trenton, Battle of, 1776.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.6
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Palatine, Hessian, Dutchman : three images of the German in America

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Author
Yoder, Don
Call Number
905.748 TPG v.14
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by Don Yoder.
Author
Yoder, Don
Physical Description
105-129 p.
Notes
Pennsylvania German Society, v.14 (1980)
Subjects
Germans - Pennsylvania
Hessians - Pennsylvania
Palatine Americans
Palatinate (Germany) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 TPG v.14
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Johannes Schwalm, the Hessian

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Date of Publication
1976.
Call Number
929 S398
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Place of Publication
Lyndhurst, Ohio
Publisher
Johannes Schwalm Historical Association,
Date of Publication
1976.
Physical Description
viii, 296 p. (p. 294-296 blank) : ill. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes indexes.
Bibliography: p. 214-216.
Summary
"Emphasis is upon the Hessian regiment von Knyphausen and it's part in the American Revolution. Johannes was in the Leibkompanie of that regiment. He was one of the thousands whose observation of American freedom led them to change allegiance and remain here. Also emphasized is Die Schwalm, the district in the valley of the Schwalm River from which Johannes and many of his comrades came. Its art and customs are reflected in the areas where they made their new home. The book lists most of his descendants in the United States and and relatives that remained in Germany. It also contains short genealogical records of the related families, Bobb, Stein, Klinger,and Schmeltz " [from the book jacket]
Subjects
Schwalm family.
Schwalm, Johannes, - 1749-1833?
Hessians - United States - Biography.
United States - Genealogy.
 United States  - History  - Revolution, 1775-1783  - Participation, German.
Germany - Genealogy.
Additional Corporate Author
Johannes Schwalm Historical Association.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 S398
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