Ansten Natesta, in Norway, was swamped with letters about America.

The evidence

• “These pamphlets were sent broadcast throughout fjord and valley, distributing reliable information regarding the new land of promise. Ansten Natesta states that during the winter months of 1838-9 he was literally swamped with letters, and it was impossible to reply to all the inquiries received. People gathered from near and far to hear and see the man that had been to America.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/18-scandinavians.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 451 / book p. 417

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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