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A manuscript titled "Oplysninger om forholdene i Nordamerika især forsaavidt de derhen udvandrede Norskes skjæbne angaar," by a disillusioned Norwegian pathfinder who admonished his countrymen not to emigrate to America. Translated and edited by Gunnar J. Malmin, it was published in "Studies and Records," volume 3, 1928.
Content: Sjur Jørgensen Haaeim Pamphlet: Typewritten copy, "Inf. On …Am." Note: see Lars N. Nesseim papers (P0560) for letters of April 22, 1839 (to Bishop Neumann, later printed in the March 5, 1840 "Bergens-Stiftstidende," and in transl. In T.C. Blegen's "Land of their Choice" (1955) pp. 48-51).