Justus Falckner, mystic and scholar, devout Pietist in Germany, hermit on the Wissahickon, missionary on the Hudson; a bi-centennial memorial of the first regular ordination of an orthodox pastor in America, done November 24, 1703, at Gloria Dei, the Swedish Lutheran church at Wicaco, Philadelphia
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.
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"One of 200 copies."
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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.
