Archiv des Vereins zum Schutz deutscher Einwanderer in Texas 1840-1957

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Archiv des Vereins zum Schutz deutscher Einwanderer in Texas 1840-1957

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The Archiv des Verein zum Schutz deutscher Einwanderer in Texas, contains correspondence, contracts of appointment, minutes of meetings, reports, and instructions from and to the Adelverein's representatives in Texas and elsewhere; documentation of legal and financial transactions; and papers relating to promoting the Adelsverein, securing prospective emigrants, and providing for their transport to Texas. The archive also contains a major collection of printed material relating to the Adelsverein and European colonization in the Americas. They are supplemented by scores of contemporary newspapers and periodicals which contain articles about or advertisements for the Adelsverein.

21.5 linear ft. (46 boxes)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Flersheim, L. H.

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Klaener, D. H.

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Bibra, August von.

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Joseph, Count of Boos-Waldeck.

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Schmidt, Phillip Nickolaus.

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Christian, Count of Leiningen.

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Christian, Count of Neuleiningen-Westerburg.

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Otto Viktor, Prince of Schönburg-Waldenburg, 1785-1859.

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Adolph, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, 1817-1905

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Solms-Braunfels, Carl, Prinz zu, 1812-1875

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Alexander, Prince of Solms-Braunfels.

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Bibra, August von.

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Bernhard II, Duke of Sachsen-Meiningen, 1800-1882.

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Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, 1793-1867.

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Fisher, Henry, 1845-1943

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Bené, Louis.

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Carl, Prince of Leiningen, 1804-1856.

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Friedrich, Count of Altleiningen-Westerburg.

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Joseph, Count of Boos-Waldeck.

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Frederick, Prince of Prussia, 1794-1863

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Adelsverein

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The Adelsverein, also known as the Verein zum Schutze deutscher Einwanderer in Texas (Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas), and later as the German Emigration Company, was provisionally organized on April 20, 1842, by twenty-one German noblemen at Biebrich on the Rhine, near Mainz. The Adelsverein was composed of German noblemen whose intent was to settle emigrants on the Fisher-Miller Land Grant in Texas, but instead they became the founders of New Braunfels and Freder...

Carl, Count of Castell, 1801-1850.

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Flersheim, L. H.

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Victor, Count of Altleiningen-Westerburg.

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Friedrich, Count of Altleiningen in Ilbenstadt.

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Carl, Count of Isenburg-Meerholz.

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Hermann, Prince of Wied, 1814-1864.

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Klaener, D. H.

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Christian, Count of Leiningen.

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Schmidt, Phillip Nickolaus.

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Meusebach, John O., 1812-1897

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Born in Dillenburg, Germany, Baron Otfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach, or John O. Meusebach (1812-1897), was one of four children to Baron Carl Hartwig Gregor von Meusebach and Ernestine von Witzleben. After studying law at the University of Bonn in 1832, Meusebach transferred to the University of Halle and took his bar examinations in 1836. A fluent speaker of English, Meusebach was appointed as commissioner general of the Adelsverein (Society for the Protection of German Immigran...