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Misfortune in my life and the misjudgment of my merits, in the past 23 years, force me to leave my fatherland, and to seek my bread and fortune in foreign countries. I would have been firmly resolved to travel by ship to the United States, if only I knew what my wife, my promising 16-year-old son, and my 17-year-old daughter would live off until I could have them follow me, and also whether I,...
Unstern meines Lebens und Mißkenntniß meiner durch 23 Jahre erworbenen Verdienste zwingen mich, mein Vaterland zu verlassen und in fremden Ländern mein Brod und Glück zu suchen—. Ich wäre daher fest entschlossen, mich nach den vereinigten Staaten in Amerika überschiffen zu lassen, wenn ich nur abzusehen vermöchte, wie ich meine Frau, meinen 16 jährig hoffnungsvollen Sohn und meine 17 jährige...