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Extracts from the diary of the Rev. Dr. Bader, pastor of the Hebron Moravian Church near Lebanon, Pennsylvania from 1751 to 1798, between 1910 and...

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Open book Extracts from the diary of the Rev. Dr. Bader, pastor of the Hebron Moravian Church near Lebanon, Pennsylvania from 1751 to 1798, between 1910 and...

Title Extracts from the diary of the Rev. Dr. Bader, pastor of the Hebron Moravian Church near Lebanon, Pennsylvania from 1751 to 1798, between 1910 and...

Creator Bader, Rev., fl. 1751-1798

Date 1910-1929

Place Pennsylvania--Lebanon County, United States

Subjects Indians of North America, Moravian Church (Lebanon, Pa.), Moravians

Description Typescript.
Possible transcription dates based on death date of Godlove Orth (1882), and publication date of Butler check list (1937).
Remainder of t.p.: "These extracts were published in the "Lebanon County Courier" about 1854, and the following was copied from a scrap-book among the papers of the late Hon. Godlove S. Orth of Indiana, for many years a representative in Congress--Minister to Vienna, & etc."
Ownership stamp of H.A. Orth in purple ink, with additions in blue ink: "From [Mrs.] H.A. Orth. 549 W. 67th St. [6437 Eggleston Av.] Chicago, Ill."
Some small ms. additions to typescript text.
Gray cardboard covers, with black cloth spine; ms. cover title: "Extracts from diary of Rev. Dr. Bader 1755-1794."
Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

Summary Typed transcript, possibly produced between 1900 and 1937, of extracts from the diary of Rev. Dr. Bader, pastor of the Hebron Moravian Church in Lebanon Pennsylvania, for the period between Oct. 26, 1755 and Dec. 14, 1794. Entries, although brief, and scattered throughout each year, contain details about Indian attacks on the Moravians in Swatara, Shamokin, Bethel, Tulpehocken, and Hanover; and events in Lebanon County during the French and Indian War, including local militia maneuvers, and the arrival on Aug. 27, 1777 of 340 Hessian prisoners to be housed in the Moravian meeting house. Bader makes frequent references to the Orth, Weiser, Kucher, Stoehr, Roesser, Buehler, Korr, Lesher, and Spittler families.

Extent [1], 12, [1] leaves, sewn ; 29 cm

Format Diaries, Genealogies, Transcripts

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection, Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection

Link to Catalog View record

Call Number Ayer MS 45

BibID 179423

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2592px × 3393px 25.19 MB

File Created 09/06/2023

Filename 991794238805867_Ayer_MS_45_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11OOTA

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