The German Element in the United States with Special Reference to Its Political, Moral, Social, and Educational Influence, Volume 2Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909 |
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... Göttingen , in 1853 , where he remained four years as assistant . He came to this country as chemist and manager of a Phil- adelphia sugar refinery in 1857 , and remained in that position until 1861 ; was chemist of the Onondaga ( N. Y. ) ...
... Göttingen , in 1853 , where he remained four years as assistant . He came to this country as chemist and manager of a Phil- adelphia sugar refinery in 1857 , and remained in that position until 1861 ; was chemist of the Onondaga ( N. Y. ) ...
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... Göttingen , while on a trip through Germany . It is recorded in the Göttingische Gelehrte An- zeigen ' that Benjamin Franklin , with the royal English physician Pringle , visited Mr. Hartmann in Hanover in order to see his apparatus for ...
... Göttingen , while on a trip through Germany . It is recorded in the Göttingische Gelehrte An- zeigen ' that Benjamin Franklin , with the royal English physician Pringle , visited Mr. Hartmann in Hanover in order to see his apparatus for ...
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... Göttingen , where he re- ceived the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1799. He was 1 He subscribed the sum of $ 1000 from his moderate fortune , a sum to be considered very large for that time . 2 Marshall College of Mercersburg ( the ...
... Göttingen , where he re- ceived the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1799. He was 1 He subscribed the sum of $ 1000 from his moderate fortune , a sum to be considered very large for that time . 2 Marshall College of Mercersburg ( the ...
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... Göttingen was probably W. B. Astor , the son of John Jacob Astor , the New York merchant prince , born in Germany . W. B. Astor studied at Heidelberg two years , and then went to Göttingen in 1810. Cf. Hinsdale , p . 608 . French ; but ...
... Göttingen was probably W. B. Astor , the son of John Jacob Astor , the New York merchant prince , born in Germany . W. B. Astor studied at Heidelberg two years , and then went to Göttingen in 1810. Cf. Hinsdale , p . 608 . French ; but ...
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... Göttingen , and was interested in Villers ' defense of that university against an attack by Jerome Bonaparte . He tried to study some German before going abroad , but there was no one in Boston who could teach him . At Jamaica Plain ...
... Göttingen , and was interested in Villers ' defense of that university against an attack by Jerome Bonaparte . He tried to study some German before going abroad , but there was no one in Boston who could teach him . At Jamaica Plain ...
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Page 148 - I remember when they modestly declined intermeddling in our elections, but now they come in droves and carry all before them, except in one or two counties.
Page 211 - Reader." A few copies of Noehden's Grammar were imported, and a few copies of I forget whose "Pocket Dictionary," fortunately too copious for an Anglo-Saxon pocket, and suggesting the generous amplitude of the Low Dutch costume, as described in Irving's mythical "History of New York.
Page 433 - This is the largest sum ever given by a man in the history of the race for any social or philanthropic purposes.
Page 204 - Strasburg, who gave instruction in mathematics. He was willing to do what he could for me in German, but he warned me that his pronunciation was very bad, as was that of all Alsace, which had become a part of France. Nor was it possible to get books. I borrowed a Meidinger's Grammar, French and German, from my friend, Mr. Everett, and sent to New Hampshire, where I knew there was a German Dictionary, and procured it. I also obtained a copy of Goethe's "Werther
Page 148 - English; the Signs in our Streets have inscriptions in both languages, and in some places only German: They begin of late to make all their Bonds and other legal...
Page 147 - I am perfectly of your mind, that measures of great temper are necessary with the Germans ; and am not without apprehensions, that, through their indiscretion, or ours, or both, great disorders may one day arise among us.
Page 537 - The Fatherland: 1450-1700, showing the part it bore in the discovery, exploration, and development of the western continent, with special reference to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Page 245 - I never saw a population so totally divested of gaiety; there is no trace of this feeling from one end of the Union to the other.
Page 148 - German. They begin of late to make all their bonds and other legal instruments in their own language, which (though I think it ought not to be) are allowed good in...
Page 148 - Few of their children in the country know English. They import many books from Germany; and of the six printing-houses in the province, two are entirely German, two half German half English, and but two entirely English.