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"Henriette Geisberg Bruns was twenty-three when she arrived in 1836 at the isolated Westphalia Settlement in central Missouri with her husband, baby son, two brothers, and a maid. Jette, as she was known to her family and friends, had not come to America by inclination, but from duty. Her husba...

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Main Author: Bruns, Jette, 1813-1899
Corporate Author: Alexander Street (Firm)
Other Authors: Schroeder, Adolf E., Schulz-Geisberg, Carla
Format: eBook
Language:English
German
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 1988.
Series:North American immigrant letters, diaries and oral histories.
Subjects:
Bruns, Jette, > 1813-1899 > Correspondence.
Bruns, Jette, > 1813-1899
Bruns, Jette > Correspondence.
Immigrants > Missouri > Correspondence.
German Americans > Missouri > Correspondence.
Westphalia (Germany) > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century.
Missouri > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century.
Missouri > Émigration et immigration > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Emigration and immigration
German Americans
Immigrants
Germany > Westphalia
Missouri
German Americans > Correspondence.
Emigration and immigration.
Westphalia (Germany) > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century > Sources.
Correspondence.
1800-1899
Electronic books.
personal correspondence.
History
Personal correspondence
Personal correspondence.
Correspondance privée.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue. In Germany, 1813-1836
  • Life in America. The years in Westphalia, 1836-1853 ; The years in Jefferson City, 1853-1868 ; The restless years, 1868-1899
  • Epilogue.