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Title Dinners in Honour of Schurz
Date 1875; 10 Dec 1888
Document Type Printed Book; Pamphlet
Reference MSS 79, Box 2, Folder 4
Library / Archive Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Collection Name National Carl Schurz Association Collection on Carl Schurz, 1843-1965
Description A printed book entitled 'The Dinner to the Hon. Carl Schurz in Berlin.' containing a description of the evening, and an autographed menu from a dinner held at the Lotos Club.
Series Description This collection was separated from the records of the National Carl Schurz Association. It contains scattered writings by Schurz; letters by Schurz's mentor, Gottfried Kinkel; biographical writings about Schurz and members of his family; and letters and telegrams concerning the celebration of Schurz's seventieth birthday.
Biographical Note / History Carl Schurz was born in Liblar, near Cologne, Prussia. After participating in the 1848-1849 German Revolution, he immigrated to the United States with his wife Margarethe in 1852. They settled in Wisconsin, where Schurz was admitted to the bar and became active in Republican Party politics. He served as American minister to Spain in 1861-1862, as a general in the Union Army from 1862 to1864, was elected to the Senate from Missouri in 1868, and served as Secretary of the Interior in 1877-1881. Throughout his career he was an active spokesman for the German-American community.
Theme(s) Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations
Places Berlin, Germany; New York City, United States
Nationality German; American
People Schurz, Carl
Keywords celebration, public figure, politics
Additional Information Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania catalogue.
Language English; German
Copyright Historical Society of Pennsylvania