THE

STRANGER'S GIFT.

А

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S PRESENT.

EDITED BY

HERMANN BOKUM,

Instructor in Harvard University.

BOSTON:

LIGHT AND HORTON.

1836.

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1835, by LIGHT & HORTON, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

Press of Light and Horton.

Samuel Harris, Printer.

CONTENTS.

Dedication,

Introduction,

The Arrival,

The American Germans,

The American Dutch,

The Environs of the Mohawk,

New England,

The German Emigrant,

The Stranger's Hope,

Conclusion, ..

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