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Title:John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder letters and manuscripts
Contributor:Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823
Ettwein, John, 1721-1802
Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808
Loskiel, George Henry, 1740-1814
Date:1741-1822
Description: Materials from the Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. These papers include letters, reports, and journals relating to Indians, Moravian missions, and communities at Salem (N.C.), Bethlehem (Pa.), and Gnadenhütten, Muskingum, and Fairfield in Upper Canada. Also included are personal correspondence and an autobiography. Contains 86 letters, journals, reports, etc., pertaining to the travels and missionary activities of Heckewelder, mostly in German. Also includes 7 journals, memoranda, and miscellaneous materials of David Zeisberger, pertaining to his years with Indians. Many of the former materials were utilized and published by Paul A. W. Wallace (1958); the latter includes Zeisberger's Memoranda on Indians; Journey to the Six Nations, Nanticokes and Shawanees in April, 1752, to July, 1752; Conrad Weiser, Observations made on the pamphlet entitled "An enquiry ... [1759]"; Birth records for the 1780s at Friedenshutten and Gnadenhütten; Catalogue of Indians baptized by the United Brethren, 1765-1814 (721 names); and a memorandum of Zeisberger on the Onondaga.
Extent:1 reel
Identifier:https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/10044
Language:English
German
Language (ISO639):eng
deu
Spatial Coverage:Gnadenhütten
Salem
Bethlehem
Subject:Haudenosaunee
Shawnee
Nanticoke
Delaware
Onondaga
Missions
Moravians
Religion
Social life and customs
Pennsylvania--History
Ohio--History
North Carolina--History
Politics and government
Government relations
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Type:Microfilms
Correspondence
Reports
Journals
Autobiographies
Memoranda
Type (DCMI):Text

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DateStamp:  2020-03-02
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Citation: Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823; Ettwein, John, 1721-1802; Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808; Loskiel, George Henry, 1740-1814. 1741-1822. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society.
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