Iowa Letters: Dutch Immigrants on the American FrontierStellingwerff (Free U. of Amsterdam) and Swierenga (history, Hope College, Holland) present an expanded edition of the original Dutch text published under the title Amsterdamse Emigranten (Buijten & Schipperheijn, 1976). The text features some 215 immigrant letters relating to the midwestern frontier, from archives and private holdings on both side |
Contents
Amsterdam to Iowa | 43 |
The Optimism of Jan and Hendrik Hospers | 115 |
The Disappointment of Andries N Wormser | 219 |
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acres already America Amsterdam Andries arrived asked Baambrugge Bergeyk Berkhout blessing boat Bousquet brother Brummelkamp Burlington C. M. Budde-Stomp cents Christ Christian church congregation cordial greetings cost D. A. Budde daughter dear friend Dearly Beloved Friend Diedrich dollars Dutch emigrants English Esteemed everything faith farm farmer Father Gelder Gelderland Gorinchem Groen guilders Hellendoorn Hendrik Hospers Holland Honors Hoogblokland hope Höveker husband immigrants Iowa J. A. Wormser Jansje Johan journey Keokuk Klaas land living look Lord Louis Maasdam Maria Middelkoop minister mother Netherlands Nijverdal Noordeloos Overijssel Overkamp Pella prayer preaching Raalte received rennet Reverend river Scholte Scholte's Seceders Secession of 1834 sister soon stay steamboat Sunday Teleman Teunis things Uncle Utrecht Van Raalte Velzen wagon weeks wife Willem wish Wormser Letter Wormser-van der Ven write wrote Zeeland Zeelt