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Carl Heinrich Schnauffer (4 July 1823 Heimsheim - 4 September 1854
''The chronicles of Baltimore''
1874, p. 104. *
Carl Heinrich Schnauffer (4 July 1823 Heimsheim - 4 September 1854 Baltimore, Maryland
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) was a poet
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, soldier
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Etymology
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and editor
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.
He founded the ''Baltimore Wecker
''Der Baltimore Wecker'' was a daily paper published in the German language in Baltimore, Maryland. It was the object of violence in the Baltimore riot of 1861, civil unrest at Baltimore in April 1861 that produced the first bloodshed of the Ame ...
'' in the fall of 1851. Before this time, he was one of the editors of the ''Journal'' in the city of Mannheim
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in Baden, Germany
The Grand Duchy of Baden (german: Großherzogtum Baden) was a state in the southwest German Empire on the east bank of the Rhine. It existed between 1806 and 1918.
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. By taking part in the German revolution of 1848-49, he was compelled to leave his native country. After he died, his widow continued the ''Wecker'' without interruption.
References
* J. Thomas Scharf''The chronicles of Baltimore''
1874, p. 104. *
Further reading
* J. Thomas Scharf, ''History of Baltimore City and County from the Earliest Period to the Present Day: Including Biographical Sketches of Their Representative Men''. (Philadelphia: L. H. Everts). 1881. 1823 births 1854 deaths People from Enzkreis 19th-century American poets American male poets Emigrants from the Grand Duchy of Baden Immigrants to the United States Maryland socialists 19th-century American journalists American male journalists 19th-century American male writers {{US-journalist-19thC-stub