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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore) 5 1 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 4 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 4 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hessians. (search)
purpose of paying these troops cannot be identified (see German mercenaries). The best book on the subject of the German auxiliaries of Great Britain in the Revolutionary War is The Hessians in the Revolution, by Edward J. Lowell, from which the following tables are taken: Table of the number of troops sent to America by each one of the German States, and of the number that returned. The numbers originally given in Schlozer's Staats-Anzeigen (vol. VI. pp. 521, 522), were corrected by Kapp as to the Anspach contingent. Brunswick sent in 17764,300 Brunswick sent in March, 1777224 Brunswick sent in April, 1778475 Brunswick sent in April, 1779286 Brunswick sent in May, 1780266 Brunswick sent in April, 1782172 ——— Total5,723 Returned in the autumn of 17832,708 ——— Did not return3,015 Hesse-Cassel sent in 177612,805 Hesse-Cassel sent in December, 1777403 Hesse-Cassel sent in March, 1779993 Hesse-Cassel sent in May, 1780915 Hesse-Cassel sent in April, 1781915
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kapp, Friedrich 1824-1884 (search)
Kapp, Friedrich 1824-1884 Author; born in Hamm, Prussia, April 13, 1824; educated at the University of Heidelberg, and became a lawyer; came to the United States in 1850, and practised in New York till 1870, when he returned to Germany. His publications include The slave question in the United States; Life of the American General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben; History of slavery in the United States of America; The trading in soldiers of the German princes with America; A history of the German migration into America; On immigration and the commission of emigration: life of the American General Johann de Kalb; and Frederick the Great and the United States. He died in Berlin, Germany, Oct. 27, 1884.