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

Account of Germans in Illinois, their work goals, and ethics

Story of the first Germans to live in McHenry County. They came by ship from Germany, and migrated to the Midwest, because the farm land was promising.

Here is a straight forward example of the fear of German aliens and spies. Metcalf is responding to someone who is upset about a Pro-German having a successful bakery and has made claims about this person being a traitor.

Image of the inside title page of Chapter Seventeen from the revised 1873 immigration handbook published by the Iowa Board of Immigration.

Harding responds to Lewis, saying nothing to rumor of German labor migration. Lewis can "depend that those in authority in this country will never permit the cheap labor idea to create havoc in our industrial conditions."

Rand extrapolates on original plan, basically anticipating the program as it looks in WWII

Pastor, naturalized in 1898, asks for permission to preach more German, now that war has ended.

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

A widowed mother in Germany writes her son and daughter-in-law explaining why she cannot bring herself to emigrate, even though they have sent money for her passage. She includes information on perceptions of immigrant life in America, as well as the…