Abstract
The history of Polish immigration may be divided into three periods: that before 1850, that from 1850 to 1880, and that since 1880. The first is marked by no considerable influx, but by scattered individuals rescued from oblivion by some personal distinction or some touch of the picturesque. The list is headed by John of Eolno who is said to have commanded a vessel from Danzig and to have discovered the Labrador mainland sixteen years before Columbus. The American Revolution brought from Poland the national hero, Kosciuszko, together with Pulaski, who died at Savannah, and Niemcewicz the biographer of Washington.