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His Failure And His Fame Part 1 Maryland Glassmaker Ameling
German born glassmaker John Frederick Amelung built a Maryland glass works after leaving Bremen in 1784. Driven by Crockett and Bremen merchants, he faced German and British opposition, winter hardships, and legal bans on emigration before sailing aboard the Fame with family to establish a self sufficient American operation. He gathered letters from Adams Franklin and Barclay and recruited workers from Bohemia and Thuringia amid hopes for a thriving colonial glass industry.
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George Washington
Maryland
Bennett's Creek
Frederick County
John Frederick Amelung
Germany
Amelung
Rodewald
Nienburg
Bremen
Grunenplan
Alfeld
Hanover
Venice
Benjamin Crockett
America
Crockett
Baltimore
Crockett and Harris
United States of America
Bohemia
Europe
John Adams
Hague
Benjamin Franklin
Paris
Thomas Barclay
Thomas Mifflin
American Congress
William Paca
Charles Carroll
Carrollton
Thomas Johnson
England
Brunswick
Hesse
Wistar
New Jersey
Stiegel
Pennsylvania
Hamburg
Fatherland
New World
George Feurbache
Fearhacke
Fearhake
Weser
Adolphus Fearhake
Frederick
Braddock Heights
Atlantic Ocean
Magdelina Carolina
John Frederick Magnus Amelung