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First German at Jamestown
A Commemoration

Published, in 1997, by the German Heritage Society of Greater Washington, DC, Inc.  Articles written by Gary Grassl are published here, with the permission of the author.  These articles are under copyright.

• First Germans at Jamestown, Virginia
• The German Glassmakers
• Hardships Faced by the First Germans
• The German Carpenters
• False Accusations of the Germans
• German Sawmill Wrights at Jamestown in 1620
• German Mineral Specialists at Jamestown in 1620
• The Importance of the Germans at Jamestown