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Eversmann Family Letters
Letters sent to Lewis (Ludwig) Eversmann, who immigrated to Missouri in the 1820s, by his family, including his brother Julius, who lived in both…
Nuss Family Letters
Wilhelmina “Minnie” Vieting Nuss and her husband (Wilhelm) Gustav Nuss arrived in Philadelphia on June 21, 1883 with their four children: Clara Dora,…
George Neubert Letters
A collection of letters sent to George Neubert, an immigrant who lived in Missouri in the 1890s, contributed by a descendant. The letters were largely…
Crede Family Papers
Carl Hermann Crede immigrated to Missouri from Cassel, Hesse, in 1853 with his brother Wilhelm. He joined the household of his maternal grandmother,…
Benecke Family Collection
The Benecke Family Papers, held by the State Historical Society of Missouri, contains several thousand items reflecting the lives of immigrants Louis…
Charlotte Fischer von Höfeln Letters
This collection of letters is taken from the Höfeln Family Papers, held by the Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois. Almost all of the letters were…
Marie Hansen Taylor Correspondence
Letters received by and sent from Marie Hansen Taylor. Born in Gotha in 1829, she married American author Bayard Taylor in 1857. The couple traveled…
Contributors: Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
Mehler-Flechtker Correspondence
Hugo Eugen Mehler was born in Langerfeld, in the Rhineland, in 1885; Martha Flechtker was born in Barmen in 1889. The couple were married in Germany,…
Contributors: Joanne Fabian