1826 Andrew Oehler Washington DC Manuscript
Rare original 1826 handwritten Washington City, District of Columbia legal manuscript evidently associated with Andrew Oehler (also spelled Ohler/Ochler), the early American adventurer and author of The Life, Adventures, and Unparalleled Sufferings of Andrew Oehler published in 1811.
This fascinating Federal-era indenture concerns debts, judgments, real property, and household furnishings in Washington City and appears to document the financial affairs of Oehler during the later years of his life.
The manuscript references:
Washington City
Washington County, D.C.
debts and judgments
furniture and household goods
conveyance/security agreements
An exceptional piece combining:
early Washington D.C. history
Federal Americana
literary/autobiographical interest
early American travel history
Andrew Oehler
Andrew Oehler was a fascinating early American figure who published:
The Life, Adventures, and Unparalleled Sufferings of Andrew Oehler (1811)
The work recounts travels through:
France
Italy
the Caribbean
parts of the United States
and describes imprisonment in Europe during the Napoleonic era.
Scholarly references describe him as:
a Swiss carpenter
traveler
balloonist/showman
sometime soldier
itinerant adventurer active in the Atlantic world around 1800.
The surname spelling variations in your manuscript are normal for the period:
Oehler
Ohler
Ochler
all appear in early 19th-century records.
Rare original 1826 handwritten Washington City, District of Columbia legal manuscript evidently associated with Andrew Oehler (also spelled Ohler/Ochler), the early American adventurer and author of The Life, Adventures, and Unparalleled Sufferings of Andrew Oehler published in 1811.
This fascinating Federal-era indenture concerns debts, judgments, real property, and household furnishings in Washington City and appears to document the financial affairs of Oehler during the later years of his life.
The manuscript references:
Washington City
Washington County, D.C.
debts and judgments
furniture and household goods
conveyance/security agreements
An exceptional piece combining:
early Washington D.C. history
Federal Americana
literary/autobiographical interest
early American travel history
Andrew Oehler
Andrew Oehler was a fascinating early American figure who published:
The Life, Adventures, and Unparalleled Sufferings of Andrew Oehler (1811)
The work recounts travels through:
France
Italy
the Caribbean
parts of the United States
and describes imprisonment in Europe during the Napoleonic era.
Scholarly references describe him as:
a Swiss carpenter
traveler
balloonist/showman
sometime soldier
itinerant adventurer active in the Atlantic world around 1800.
The surname spelling variations in your manuscript are normal for the period:
Oehler
Ohler
Ochler
all appear in early 19th-century records.
