German Society of the City of New York

[1] Founding members included John Christoph Kunze and Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben.

[2] The association initially supported the German-American churches in New York.

This included the fact that in Germany, too, the nature and the dangers of emigration were clarified.

In addition, the German Society informed the German-Americans in New York about important bureaucratic features of the New World.

From 1837 to 1841, John Jacob Astor was the president of the company and donated $5,000 annually.