The story of the Pennsylvania Germans (Registro nro. 118504)
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 98001184 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | F106 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Beidelman, William, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1840-1903 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The story of the Pennsylvania Germans |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2026 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
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| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
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| Media type term | computer |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| Source | rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2026-01-26 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Carla Foust, Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | The story of the Pennsylvania Germans by William Beidelman is a historical account written in the late 19th century. It traces the Germanic roots of Pennsylvania’s settlers from the Alemannic peoples of the Upper Rhine, recounts the Palatinate’s wars and devastations, and explains why large numbers emigrated to William Penn’s province. The work also examines settlement patterns across the colonies, the community’s politics and role in war, and, notably, defends the Pennsylvania German dialect as authentically German. Overall, it blends history, migration, language, and culture to present a cohesive portrait of the Pennsylvania Germans.<br/><br/>The opening of the book states its purpose: to give Pennsylvania Germans a concise account of their origin, history, and dialect, to correct popular misconceptions (especially that “Pennsylvania Dutch” is not German), and to draw on major German and American sources. It then sketches early Germanic history, emphasizing Roman contact, the rise of the Alemanni, and their settlement along the Upper Rhine, before outlining the creation and fate of the Palatinate. A vivid section recounts the Palatinate’s repeated ravaging—especially under Louis XIV—arguing these wars drove mass emigration. Next comes the attraction of Pennsylvania: Penn’s charter, tolerant laws, fair land terms, and treaties with Native peoples, which catalyzed settlement (including German Quakers at Germantown). The narrative surveys the redemptioner system and grim Atlantic voyages, the German preference for fertile limestone valleys, and estimates of their growing numbers. It also briefly maps German dispersal to other colonies and to Ireland, and describes Quaker–government tensions, Christoph Sauer’s influential German newspaper, and the Germans’ evolving stance in Anglo-French conflicts. The section concludes with English anxieties about “anglicizing” the Germans, noting proposed but unexecuted measures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | Easton: Express Book Print, 1898 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Pennsylvania Dutch |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://archive.org/details/storyofpennsylva00beid/page/n9/mode/2up">https://archive.org/details/storyofpennsylva00beid/page/n9/mode/2up</a> |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77784">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77784</a> |
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