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According to the so-called "Muhlenberg legend," a vote was taken in the Pennsylvania state parliament sometime in the 1790s on whether German should be the official language. This notion has been popularized by German authors of travel literature since the 1840s. There is a popular legend that German almost became the official language of the United States. About 141,000 of these lived in Pennsylvania, where they constituted almost one third of the total population. In 1790 roughly 277,000 Americans were of German ancestry. The Germantown settlers were followed by tens of thousands of other German immigrants during the 18th century.

German-Americans and Their Contributions to the American Mainstream Culture: German Names and Words.

American Association of Teachers of German.German-Language Literature in the United States, 1830-1930.Mother Tongue of the Foreign-Born Population: 1910 to 1940, 1960, and 1970.Language Use and English-Speaking Ability: 2000 ] CD.German Collections at the Library of Congress.What kind of information materials are available?