Excerpt from The Schramm Letters: Written by Jacob Schramm and Members of His Family, From Indiana to Germany in the Year 1836 Meanwhile, at the age of twenty-six, he made up his mind to marry. During his business travels some time before, he had come to know a girl, poor, to be sure, but of very good character, and industrious; his choice fell upon her, and she accepted him. When he told his father of this choice, the latter grew so angry about it that he threatened to disinherit his son, for she was not in keeping with his ideas or his wishes. Both were determined to have their way. From that time on Jacob S entertained the thought of buying property in the United States on the strength of several thousand thaler which he had saved, of marrying the girl of his choice against his father's wishes, of leaving Germany, and of realizing under America's sky his hopes - domestic happiness and self-respect ing independence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.