Otto Welden literary manuscripts, ca. 1860-1896.

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Otto Welden literary manuscripts, ca. 1860-1896.

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Handwritten copies of works by Otto Welden (P.J. Reuss), comprising 2 volumes of poetry, 3 dramatic works, and 2 novels. The items are mostly copies produced at the author's direction and signed by him; some material is in his own hand. One of the volumes of poetry (Kleine Blühten) contains references to life in America; and one of the plays (König Gambrinus) appears to be set in the United States. Another play (Tippo Saib) is set in India and concerns the Anglo-Mysore War in 1798-1799. One novel (Robert Morris) concerns the American Revolution; and the other novel (1776) is about life at court in the Landgraviate Hesse-Kassel at the time that Friedrich II arranged to send Hessian troops to support the British in the American Revolution. Also included are 2 items that had been laid in: a print portrait of Robert Morris, with notes about Morris on the verso in Welden's hand; and a letter from Welden to G.A. Zimmermann, dated 14 October 1896, concerning the copy of Welden's novel 1776, which Welden sent to Zimmermann, in Chicago, IL, at that time.

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German Society of Pennsylvania, Joseph P. Horner Memorial Library

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Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

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Robert Morris, Jr. (January 20, 1734 – May 8, 1806) was an English-born merchant and a Founding Father of the United States. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, the Second Continental Congress, and the United States Senate, and he was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. From 1781 to 1784, he served as the Superintendent of Finance of the United States, becoming known as the "Financier of the Revolution...

Welden, Otto, 1824-1902.

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Otto Welden was the pseudonym used by P.J. (Peter J.) Reuss in connection with his literary works. Born in Fulda, in Hesse, Germany (then the Landgraviate Hesse-Kassel), in 1824. Studied medicine in Berlin, Basel, and Marburg, earning a medical degree. Emigrated to the United States in 1851, settling at first in New York City; later lived for a time in Washington, DC. Was a military physician in the Civil War, serving from 1861 to 1864 in the 29th New York Regiment. Died in New York City in 1902...