Notice Sur Alpina. Terres Situées dans les Comtes de Jefferson et de Lewis, Etat de New-York

by H. M. Malten

$850 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

Disbound. A rare account of Swiss colonization in America. An extremely rare promotional pamphlet describing the Swiss colony of Alpina in upper New York state, founded in 1842 by Philippe Suchard and Charles-Louis Favarger. Alpina was established as an industrial and agricultural colony, with the specific task of extracting valuable minerals and encouraging Swiss emigration to America. The text describes the history of the colony, prints letters from numerous

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