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Franklin Jameson, Editor Z^i Mov^ (^afttittotre ipviee BALTmoKE, MD., U. 8. A. ; ; ; ; : PREFACE. The task of examining the German Archives was different from that of my predecessors in other archives, in that the number of depositories was large and the character of the collections varied, and relatively little was known in detail in America about the actual contents of most of these archives. Accord- ingly, I was allowed great freedom in the plan of procedure and method of examining the archives. Since, however, but seven months could be devoted to the research—February to September, 1909—the Director of the Depart- ment of Historical Research gave specific instructions that the scope of the task should be so restricted that the collecting of materials in Germany might be finished within that period. The most practicable plan was to limit the research, in the first instance, to the State Archives, for the following reasons (i) They contain the state papers and other official matter corresponding to the materials which the Carnegie Institution has had examined in the archives of other countries (2) They are the best organized and administered archives in the German Empire (3) The municipal archives are so numerous, and in some cases so incom- pletely organized, that much time would be expended in finding relatively little valuable material (4) The ecclesiastical collections seemed less important because they con- tain as a rule papers bearing specifically on none but religious afifairs in America (5) A systematic examination of parish archives and private collections could be made most advantageously with the co-operation of a larger force and of the officials and owners of the collections. The search began with the State Archives of Prussia and Bavaria, which contain the greater part of the official material relating to America. In addi- tion to the thirty or more state archives personally examined, reports were received from the remaining state archives, giving lists of such materials as relate to America. Besides the fifty or more state archives, some municipal archives were ex- amined, particularly those known to have important materials bearing on the subject in hand. In the arrangement of materials Prussia and Bavaria have been given the of the great first place, in consideration amount of matter which they contain. The provincial archives are then arranged in their respective groups in their alphabetical order order. Then follow in one the remaining territorial states, or city states, together with the Hanseatic and the imperial domain of Alsace- Lorraine, and lastly the municipal archives, so far as examined. The arrange- iv Preface ment of materials in the respective archives follows the serial or numerical order, because it seemed simpler and less confusing than the chronological order, which would have necessitated frequent repetitions of the "signatures". In cases where ministerial papers or series of volumes break off abruptly in the archives, the continuation will usually be found in the respective minis- tries themselves, and can be consulted, usually, by presenting an exact state- ment of the matter required to the Minister of State. The enumeration of specific documents in the various archives has usually not extended beyond a systematic attempt to list the salient pieces, or those most important for American history. It has been made exhaustive only in the case of volumes I. and II. of " General ControUe, Konigl. Geheimes Minis- terial Archiv, Tit. LVIII., Nr. 7 ", and in that of the group of material called " Repositur XL 21 a " (both at Berlin). In copying the titles I have followed the orthography of the documents. In the few cases, where the copy was furnished by the copyist in the archives, the orthography is sometimes modernized. The construction of a guide to fifty archives in the seven months allotted me was only possible because of the ready and efficient co-operation accorded me in the course of my labors. It gives me great pleasure to acknowledge my indebtedness to the General Director of the State Archives of Prussia, Wirkl. Geh. Ober-Regierungsrat Dr. Reinhold Koser, to Geh. Archivrat Dr. Paul Bailleu, and his colleagues in the Royal Privy State Archives of Prussia, to Geh. Archivrat Dr. Gustav Konnecke and his colleagues of the State Archives in Marburg, and to the directors of the other provincial state archives of Prussia and their colleagues. Also to His Excellency Karl Theodor Ritter von Heigel, President of the Bavarian Academy, to Kammerer und Minis- terialrat Freiherr von Hirschberg, Director of the Royal Bavarian Privy State Archives, to Dr. Franz Ludwig Ritter von Baumann, Director of the Royal Bavarian General National Archives, to Geh. Archivrat Dr. Georg M. Jochner and his colleagues, and to Kgl. Reichsarchivsrat Franz Loher and Assessors Dr. Franz Deybeck and Dr. Alfred Altmann, and to the directors of the other circuit archives of Bavaria. The nature of my work put me under obligations also to the directors of the archives of other states, particularly to Geh. Archivrat Dr. P. Zimmermann, Director of the Ducal Archives in Wolf- enbiittel, and to Senatssekretar Dr. Anton Hagedorn and his colleagues of the Staatsarchiv in Hamburg, to Syndicus Dr. W. von Bippen of the State Archives in Bremen, to Director Professor Dr. Jos. Hansen of the Historical Archives in Cologne, to Director Dr. G. Freiherr Schenk zu Schweinsberg and State Dr. J. R. Dieterich of the Grand-Ducal House and Archives in Darm- stadt, to Director Geh. Regierungsrat Dr. Otto Posse and his colleagues of the Royal Saxon Central State Archives in Dresden, to Director Professor Dr. R. of the City at Frankfort, and Jung and his colleagues Archives to Dr. J. Th. Miiller, Archivist of the Moravian Archives at Herrnhut. M. D. Learned. Philadelphia, January 3, 191 1. ' TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE Preface '" German State Papers relating to America ' Early Emigration ' Auxiliary German Troops and the Revolution 5 Diplomatic and Commercial Relations and Later Emigration 6 German Archives ' Classes of Archives ' Organization, Administration, and Equipment of the State Archives I4 Prussia '. '7 Aurich '7 Berlin '7 Royal Privy State Archives of Prussia '7 General Controlle i° Aiiswartiges Amt 39 Ministerium des Innern 71 Archives of the Ministry of War 76 Breslau 78 Royal State Archives 78 City Archives 82 Coblenz : Royal State Archives 84 Danzig : Royal State Archives 87 Diisseldorf : Royal State Archives 92 Hannover : Royal State Archives 97 Konigsberg : Royal State Archives 107 Magdeburg : Royal State Archives 109 Marburg : Royal State Archives of the District of Cassel 112 Ministerium des Ausvifartigen 131 Repertorium iiber die Regierungs Hoheit Repositur 135 Archiv der Kurhessischen Gesandtschaften 137 Kurhessisches Ministerium des Innern 138 Additional Collections ( Accessionen) 138 Documents on the III. English-Waldeck Regiment 144 Documents on the Wildunger Brunnen 149 Miinster : Royal State Archives of the Province of Westphalia 150 Osnabruck : Royal State Archives 154 Posen : Royal State Archives 157 Schleswig : Royal State Archives 160 Sigmaringen : Royal State Archives 163 Stettin : Royal State Archives of the Province of Pomerania 164 Wetzlar : Royal State Archives 168 Wiesbaden : Royal State Archives 169 Bavaria 1 73 Munich i73 Royal Bavarian Privy State Archives 173 Royal Bavarian General National Archives 191 The Royal Bavarian Circuit Archives 191 Royal Bavarian Circuit Archives of Lower Bavaria in Munich 192 V vi Table of Contents Bavaria—Continued page 201 Amberg : Circuit Archives Bamberg : Circuit Arcliives 204 Landshut : Circuit Archives 207 Neuburg : Circuit Archives 209 Nuremberg : Circuit Archives 211 Speyer : Circuit Archives of the Palatinate 214 Wiirzburg: Circuit Archives of Lower Franconia and Aschaffenburg 216 Alsace-Lorraine 223 Colmar : District Archives of Upper Alsace 223 Metz : District Archives of Lorraine 223 Strassburg : District Archives of Lower Alsace 224 Anhalt (Zerbst) : Ducal House and State Archives 228 Baden (Karlsruhe) : Grand-Ducal General National Archives 229 Bremen : State Archives 238 Brunswick (Wolfenbuttel) : Ducal Brunswick-Luneburg National Central Archives 248 Riedesel Papers 248 Other Papers 263 Hamburg : State Archives 266 Hauptmeldeamt der Polizei in Hamburg 273 Hesse (Darmstadt) : Grand-Ducal Hessian House and State Archives 275 LiPPE (Detmold) : House and National Archives of the Principality 278 LuBECK : State Archives 279 Vereinigte Staaten von Nord Amerika (auch Texas) 279 Mittelamerikanische