Ernst, Ferdinand, ca. 1784-1822.

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German immigrant and land speculator who organized a mass immigration to Vandalia, Illinois in 1820.

From the description of Observations made upon a journey through the interior of the United States of North America : in the year 1819 / by Ferdinand Ernst ; translated from the German by E.P. Baker A.M. professor of German in McKendree College. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 30366302

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Place Name Admin Code Country
New Harmony (Ind.)
Ohio
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Mississippi River
Baltimore (Md.)
Pennsylvania
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Germans
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Birth 1784

Death 1822

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