One takes the one-way translation of research work from foreign languages into English so much for granted that it is easy to forget that there was indeed a time when having your research published in German was the way to acquire international recognition. During his Wanderjahr in Europe, Adams used the opportunity to place his Johns Hopkins doctoral dissertation in a leading international journal auf deutsch.
Professor Adolph Wagner’s note above translates as follows:
“1) Editor’s note. This paper is the work of a young North American economist currently studying in Berlin. It was originally written in English and then translated. Even after multiple revisions there remain some anglicisms that will not [however] detract from the value of this contribution. A. Wagner.”
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Henry Carter Adams’ alma mater proudly reported the placement of his Hopkins dissertation on the history of taxation in the U.S. 1789-1816.
Johns Hopkins University. University Circulars. No. 2, Jan., 1880, p. 19:
“The Thesis of Dr. Henry C. Adams, presented when he graduated as Doctor of Philosophy in the Johns Hopkins University, has been printed in successive numbers of the Zeitschrift für die gesammte Staatswissenschaft, Tübingen, 1879. Its title is Zur Geschichte der Besteuerung in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika in der Periode von 1789-1816.”
Dissertation: Part One. Dissertation: Part Two.
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More about Henry Carter Adams’ education in included in another post.