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017.800 Tydzenske Nowiny (later called Serbske Nowiny), published in Bautzen, July, 1853 (p. 240).

mersiowsky - 5-9-2015 at 09:45 PM

'From the district of Rothenburg: Some eight families from this district and that of Hoyerswerda, followers of the so called Old Lutheran Church, intend to emigrate to Texas in America at the beginning of next month. It is reported that they previously had intended to go to Australia, but the high transportation cost as well as disappointing reports about the disagreeableness of the Australian circumstances are the reason that they now have chosen Texas as their new home.'