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• William Berczy 1744-1813
  Johann Albrecht Ulrich de Moll was born in Wallerstein and educated at the Leipzig Academy and the University of Jena. He was trained as an artist and adopted the name William Berczy. In 1790, while in London, he became involved with Sir William Pulteney's scheme to establish a settlement in the United States. As Pulteney's agent, Berczy brought some 200 settlers from northern Germany to New York State in 1792. Two years later, he came...