The German soldier in the wars of the United States (Second Edition), and related materials, ca. 1769-1893.

Creator:

Rosengarten, J. G. (Joseph George), 1835-1921 (author)

Name:

Haldimand, Frederick, Sir, 1718-1791; Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus Conrad, 1750-1801; Sigel, Franz, 1824-1902; Grimké, John Fauchereaud, 1752-1819; Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808; Quitman, John Anthony, 1798-1858; Dorchester, Guy Carleton, Baron, 1724-1808

Date:

1890

Description:

Extra-illustrated second revised edition of J. G. Rosengarten's The German soldier in the wars of the United States (Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1890). The volume contains a total of 16 original documents dated 1769 to 1893 and 84 printed portraits, maps, and illustrations. The original documents include several manuscript letters including one from Drederick Haldimand to Thomas Willing dated September 14, 1774 about growing divisions in American society. The volume was crafted by Philadelphia binder Walter H. Barr and there are a series of newspaper clippings dated 1893 discussing Barr's creation of this extra-illustrated production.

Language:

English

Publisher:

J. B. Lippincott company

Subject:

United States. -- Army -- History; United States. -- Army; History; Germans -- United States; Germans

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

books

Physical Description:

298 pages; 19 cm

Geographic Subject:

United States

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Index p. 287-298.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Rare Book Collection, 973.03 R726b