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Hessian prisoners and their employers in the Lebanon Township area

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Author
Sowers, Gladys Bucher,
Date of Publication
2002.
Call Number
974.819 L441 v.18 no.4
Responsibility
by Gladys Bucher Sowers.
Author
Sowers, Gladys Bucher,
Place of Publication
Lebanon, Pa
Publisher
[Lebanon County Historical Society]
Date of Publication
2002.
Physical Description
70 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Contents
Introduction -- Background -- Captured at Trenton -- Imprisonment of the Hessians -- Employment of the prisoners -- Inducements to remain in America -- Location of employment sites -- Hessian prisoners associated with the Cornwall Iron Furnace -- The list of prisoners -- The list of employers -- Summary -- Prisoners belived to have stayed in America -- Endnotes -- Notes on prisoner documentation.
Subjects
Lebanon County (Pa.) - History.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, German.
Additional Corporate Author
Lebanon County Historical Society (Lebanon County, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.819 L441 v.18 no.4
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