Max Kade German-American Research Institute series
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-199) and index.
Contents
Men in the middle : foresters and hunters in the early modern Palatinate -- Individual pursuits versus the common good : the constraints of village life in Waldhilsbach -- Contested identities : religious affiliation and diversity in the Palatinate -- Leaving home : the decision to emigrate -- Establishing professional and family connections : new beginnings in Pennsylvania -- Securing a legacy : Wistar's Pennsylvania land speculation -- Webs of influence : transatlantic trade and patronage -- Creative adaptations : the United Glass Company and Wistarburg, New Jersey.
Summary
"Examines the life of 18th century German immigrant and businessman Caspar Wistar. Reevaluates the modern understanding of the entrepreneurial ideal and the immigrant experience in the colonial era"--Provided by publisher.
Contents: Problems & Resources in PA German Genealogic Research by Don Yoder --- Palatine and Palatinate, by Ralph Dornfeld Owen ---- German Qualification for Naturalization in Pennsylvania 1728 , by Barbara Weir and Laurie Rofini --- Advice To German Emigrants 1749 , by Hanna Roach --- Annotations to Strassburger and Hinke's "Pennsylvanian Pioneers " by Dr.Friedrich Krebs --- Palatines and Servants Imported on the " King of Prussia " --- European Origins by Raymond Martin Bell --- The Ancestry of the Thirteen Krefeld Emigrants of 1683 by Wilhelm Niepoth --- An Emigrant to America in1749 from Rohdt ( Palatinate ) by Friedrich Krebs --- Emigrants To America From The Duchy of Zweibrucken by Friedrich Krebs --- A Survey of Immigrants of the Haldeman Family of Switzerland to Montgomery, Chester and Lancaster Counties before 1750 , by Rev CarlThurman Smith --- An Ancester Lost : Clues Hidden In AdministrationPapers , By Jane Adams Clarke --- Emigrants From Hesse ,Germany , Who Left One After The Other For Pennsylvania , 1748 to 1766 , by Jane Adams Clarke --- Some 18th Century Emigrants From Hochst In Dem Oldemwald --- By Jane Adams Clarke --- Establishing The German Origins of Several Northampton County Settlers By John T. Humphrey
