GERMAN SETTLEMENTS AND IMMIGRANTS IN VIRGINIA: A BIBLIOGRAPHY Compiled By KLAUS WUST This bibliography of books, pamphlets and articles is a by-product of almost twenty years of research into the history and the acculturation process of the German element in Virginia and neighboring states to the west and south. An attempt has been made to include not only material specifically dealing with the Germans and German-Swiss but also writings of local and church historians containing a good deal of information on the German segment of the population. The 328 entries have been arranged according to subjects and periods in order to increase the usefulness of this compilation for students of particular topics. A selective process was necessitated both by reasons of space and by the decision to concentrate on such printed sources as are accessible either in the larger libraries of Virginia or in the Library of Congress and the New York Public Library. Items of the following types were generally omitted: 1. Virginia German imprints not containing historical or related information; 2. Family histories and genealogical material; 3. Local historical material of secondary interest to students of German immigration. (This applies particularly to the Shenan- doah Valley for which a general bibliography is being prepared by the Shenandoah Valley Folklore Society in Harrisionburg.) 4. Synodical and conference minutes of the Lutheran and Reformed churches. 5. Constitutions and by-laws of German fraternal societies. 6. Newspaper articles containing information available in other pub- lished items. For printed sources on the general background of German immigration and settlement in the United States, the user of this list is referred to the following major bibliographical compilations: Emil Meynen, Bibliography on German Settlements in Colonial North America (Leipzig, 1937). Henry A. Pochmann and Arthur R. Schultz, Bibliography of German Culture in America to 1940 (Madison, Wis., 1953). "Bibliography Americana Germanica," published annually for 1941- 1966 in The American-German Review, for 1967 ff., in The German Quarterly. Dieter Cunz, " Bibliography," in The Maryland Germans (Princeton, N. J., 1948), 439-49. Further information, particularly on manuscript sources and unpublished documents, will be available from the annotations of a comprehensive his- [ 47 ] tory, Klaus Wust, The Virginia Germans, to be published within the next months by The University Press of Virginia. The following abbreviations have been used: AGR—American German Review. ECK— " 'S Pennsylvaanisch Deitsch Eck," publ. weekly in the Allen- town Morning Call, reprinted regularly for libraries, ed. by Preston A. Barba. NGSQ — National Genealogical Society Quarterly. SHGM — The Report, Society for the History of the Germans in Maryland. VB — " Virginische Blätter," column on German source material in Washington Journal, Jan. 21-Nov. 25, 1966, ed. by Klaus Wust. VMHB — Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. WMQ — William and Mary Quarterly. [48] I. GERMANS IN VIRGINIA —General Faust, Albert B., " The Germans in Virginia," tory of the Germans in Maryland, Vol. I in Faust, The German Element in the in XI and XII, Vol. II in XIII and XIV.] United States, Second ed., (New York, Wayland, John W., The German Element of 1927) I, 177-211. the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia (Char- Kaufmann, Wilhelm, "Auf alten deutschen lottesville, Va., 1907). Spuren in Virginien," Deutsch-Amerikani- ——— ————, " The Germans of the Valley," sche Geschichtsblätter VIII (1908) 9-15. VMHB, IX (1901-2) 337-52; X (1902-3) Smith, Elmer L., John G. Stewart and M. 33-48, 113-30. Ellsworth Kyger, The Pennsylvania Ger- ———— ————," The Pennsylvania German in mans of the Shenandoah Valley (Allen- the Valley of Virginia," The Pennsylvania town, Pa., 1964). German X (1909) 1-78. Schuricht, Herrmann, History of the German Wust, Klaus, " Settlement and Acculturation Element in Virginia, I (Baltimore, 1898), of Germans in Western Virginia," Year II (Baltimore, 1900). [Issued as appen- Book 1966, American Philosophical Society dices to The Report, Society for the His- (Philadelphia, 1967) 560-2. II. COLONIAL IMMIGRATION AND SETTLEMENT A. 17th Century Forerunners Barbour, Philip L., "The Identity of the of Bohemia Manor in Maryland (Engle- First Poles in America," WMQ 3rd ser, wood, Ohio, 1941). XXI (1964) 77-94. Keach, 0. A. "The Hack Family," Tyler's Carrier, Lyman, " The Veracity of John Quarterly VII (1925) 253-62. Lederer," WMQ 2nd ser., XIX (1939) [Lederer, John], The Discoveries of John 435-45. Lederer . Collected and Translated out Gumming, William P. (ed), The Discoveries of Latin from His Discourse and Writings of John Lederer with Unpublished Letters by Sir William Talbot (London, 1672). by and about Lederer to Governor John Reprinted: (Charleston, S. C., 1891), and Winthrop, Jr. (Charlottesville, Va., 1958). (Rochester, N. Y., 1902). Cnnz, Dieter, " John Lederer, Significance and Rattermann, Heinrich A., " Der Erste Erfor- Evaluation," WMQ 2nd ser., XXII (1942) scher des Alleghany-Gebirges Johannes 175-85. Lederer," Der Deutsche Pionier VIII (Cin- Heck, Earl L. W., Augustine Herman, Be- cinnati, 1877) 399-407, 456-60, 484-95. ginner of the Virginia Tobacco Trade, Mer- Wust, Klaus, " German Craftsmen in James- chant of New Amsterdam and First Lord town," AGR, XXIII (1957) iv, 10-11. B. German and Swiss Emigration Schemes Adams, Percy C., " Real Author of William Carolina," Archiv des Historischen Vereins Byrd's Natural History of Virginia," Amer- des Kantons Bern XLII (1953) 251-90. ican Literature XXVIII (1956) 211-20. Kemper, Charles E. (ed), " Documents Re- [Byrd, William], Neu-refundenes Eden, Oder lating to Early Projected Swiss Colonies in ausführlicher Bericht van Süd- und Nord- the Valley of Virginia, 1706-1709," VMHB, Carolina, Pensilphania, Mary-Land & Vir- XXIX (1921), 1-17, 180-82. ginia ([Bern], 1737). ———— ——— (ed), " Documents Relating to [——— ————], William Byrd's Natural His- a Proposed Swiss and German Colony in tory of Virginia or the Newly Discovered the Western Part of Virginia," VMHB, Eden, ed. and transl. by Richmond Crown XXIX (1921) 183-90, 287-91. Beatty and William J. Mulloy (Richmond, 1940). [German original on pp. 96-202.] Michel Franz, " Report of the Journey of Graf, J. H., " Franz Michel von Bern und F. L. Michel from Berne, Switzerland, to seine ersten Reisen nach Amerika 1701- Virginia, Oct. 2, 1701-Dec. 1, 1702," transl. 1704," Neues Berner Taschenbuch auf das by William J. Hinke, VMHB, XXIV Jahr 1898 (Bern, 1897) 59-144. (1916) 1-43, 113-41. Keller, Hans G., " Christoph von Graffenried Milbourne, Anne V. Strickler (ed), " Colony und die Gründung von Neu-Bern in Nord- West of the Blue Ridge Proposed by Jacob [ 49 ] Stauber and Others, 1731 etc.," VMHB, Todd, Vincent H. (ed), Christoph Van Graf- XXXV (1927) 175-90, 258-66; XXXVI fenried's Account of the Founding of New (1928) 54-70. Risch, Erna, " Encouragement of Immigration Bern (Raleigh, N. C., 1920). as Revealed in Colonial Legislation," Williams, Lloyd H., " The Tragic Shipwreck VMHB, XLV (1937) 1-10. of the Protestant Switzers," WMQ 3rd ser., IX (1952) 539-42. C. Piedmont Settlement a. Spotsylvania and Orange Counties b. Fauquier County " Wahrhaffte Nachricht von einer Hochteut- Hackley, W. B., "The Original Survey of schen Evangelischen Colonie zu German- German Town," Germanna Record II town, In Nord-Virginien hi America, und (1962) 5-10. derselben Dringendliches Ansuchen an Ihre ———— ————, " The Plat of Germantown," Glaubens-Genossen in Europa," Extra- Germanna Record II (1962) 77-81. ordinare Kayserliche Reichs-Post-Zeitung (Frankfurt) June 15, 1720. Harrison, Fairfax, " Germantown," in Harri- [Wahrhaffte Nachricht], "North Virginia son, Landmarks of Old Prince William Church History," (English transl.) The (Richmond, 1924) I, 207-21. Perkiomen Region Past and Present II Holtzclaw, B. C., " Germantown Revisited," (Philadelphia, 1900) 14-6. Germanna Record II (1962) 11-76. Cappon, Lester J. (ed), Iron Works at Kemper, Charles E., "The History of Ger- Tubatt: Terms and Conditions for Their mantown," Bulletin, Fauquier Historical Lease as Stated by Alexander Spotswood Society II (1922) 125-33. (Charlottesville, Va., 1945). [Kemper, Charles E. (ed.)], "Count Orders Embrey, Alvin T., " The German in Freder- from Orange County Naturalizing Ger- icksburg's History, 1669-1702-1776," in mans," VMHB, XII (1904) 76-7. Embrey, History of Fredericksburg, Vir- ginia (Richmond, 1937) pp. 16-27. Kemper, James, "Life's Review," in Willis M. Kemper and Harry L. Wright, Geneal- Graffenried, Christoph von, " The Graffen- ogy of the Kemper Family in the United ried Manuscripts," ed. by Albert B. Faust, States (Chicago, 1899), pp. 38-40. German-American Annals XI (Philadel- phia, 1913) 205-312; XII (1914) 63-190. c. Madison County Hartnack, Karl, " Die erste Niederlassung Carpenter, Delma R., " The Germanna von Siegerlandern in den Vereinigten Colony of 1717: Madison County, Vir- Staaten," Siegerland VIII (Siegen, 1926) ginia," Germanna Reunion IV (1960) 15-8. 49-52. Hinke, William J. (ed), "The Germans in Hinke, William J., " The First German Re- Madison County, Virginia. Documents formed Colony in Virginia: 1714-1750," Bearing on Then- History," VMHB, XIV Journal of the Presbyterian Historical So- (1906) 186-70. ciety II (1903) 1-17, 98-110, 140-50. Holtzclaw, B. C., The Second Germanna ———— ————, "The 1714 Colony of Ger- Colony of 1717, Other Germanna Pioneers, manna, Virginia," VMHB, XL (1932) The So-Called Third Germanna Colony