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.
