Image of the first page of Chapter Sixteen from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration. The chapter itself provides information on counties in Iowa with a large portion of German settlers: Adams County,…

Image of the first page of Chapter Seventeen from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration. The chapter gives prospective immigrants information on common wages for various professions and various means of…

Image of the Agents page from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration. The state maintained agents in Hamburg, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and London.

image of the Foreword from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration.

image of the first page of Chapter One from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration

Various news reports from towns in East Frisia, which reveal the ongoing interest of German East Frisian immigrants in events in their ancestral home.

This correspondence is connected with the previous letter. This shows how much of the United States was involved in removing German aliens, even the Food Administration. Every department of the federal government was paranoid and was involved in…

Snippets concern registering aliens, food production, and others.

Pastor notes his measured support for Babel and the consequences of Babel on his congregation.

Writer tells Mr. Metcalf that he was wrong for going to the press about a girl marrying a soldier. The writer is defending the girl, saying she has done nothing wrong