Adrian van Vliet was from Holland and he became a Presbyterin minister. His ministry was among Germans, particularly in Iowa. To learn more about his life and pastoral work in Wisconsin and then in Dubuque, Iowa, download below a PDF transcription of the article, “German Presbyterianism in the North-West,” which was published in The Presbyterian, 1863.
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