Meusebach, John O., Papers [ca. 1847-1889]

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Meusebach, John O., Papers [ca. 1847-1889]

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Composed of photocopies and Photostats of correspondence, legal documents, and genealogical materials, the John O. Meusebach Papers, [ca. 1847-1889], document Meusebach’s experiences as commissioner general of the (Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas), his activities colonizing Texas, and his family history. Adelsverein

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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...

Meusebach family

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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...