Der Deutsche Correspondent was established in 1841 by Friedrich Raine, a member of a family of printers from Westphalia, Germany.

[3] The paper started out with only eight subscribers, but circulation numbers climbed and quickly overtook two other German newspapers in Baltimore.

[3] In the midst of the 1858 municipal election, outbreaks of violence occurred and the offices of Der Deutsche Correspondent were attacked.

[3] In 2009 The Maryland Historical Society received a grant from the Charles Edward Hilgenberg Fund of the Baltimore Community Foundation to digitize Der Deutsche Correspondent.

[7] The content digitized by the University of Maryland are available as part of the historic newspaper database Chronicling America at the Library of Congress.