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1860–1919

Poetry

Henry Harbaugh, “Das Alt Schul-haus an der Krick” / “The Old Schoolhouse at the Creek” (1861)

“The Pensilwan’yah Inglish” (1868)

Henry Lee Fisher, “Pennsilfaanisch-Deitsch” / “Pennsylvania Dutch” (1879)

Rev. Adam Stump, “Die Muttersproch” / “The Mother Tongue” (likely early 1900s)

Harvey Miller, “Der Deitsh A–B–C” (1906)

Prose

John H. Oberholtzer, “Vom naus Heira” / “On Marrying Outside the Faith” (1862)

Dialog/Drama

Edward H. Rauch “Die Leckshun is Ewwa Ferlohra” / “The Election Is Plain Lost”, Father Abraham, October 18, 1864