Newberry Library - A narrative of the United Brethren among the Delaware & Mohegan Indians from its commencement in the year 1740 to the close of the year 1808 :...

Title A narrative of the United Brethren among the Delaware & Mohegan Indians from its commencement in the year 1740 to the close of the year 1808 :...

Creator Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823

Date Created 1820

Place Ohio River Valley, Tuscarawas River Valley (Ohio), United States

Subjects Delaware Indians, Mohegan Indians, Moravian Church, Moravian Indians, Moravians

Description Editor's revisions noted in pencil throughout.
Heckewelder's ms. published: Philadelphia : M'Carty & Davis, 1820. Cf. Sabin 31205.
Includes letter of contract from William McCarty to Heckewelder dated Bethlehem, Pa., May 30, 1819 specifying the terms of publication.
Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Unbound, in slipcase made by Riviere & Son.
Formerly known as Ayer MS 378.5.

Summary In this lengthy narrative, Heckewelder recounts the development and expansion of the Moravian Mission among the Delaware and Mohegan Indians from 1740 through 1808. Heckewelder includes in his work a brief history of the Moravian Church, the establishment of Indian missions in present day Ohio - especially the Tuscarawas River Valley, his difficult experiences throughout the Revolutionary War period when he attempted to continue the Mission's viability, the Indian massacre at Gnadenhutten in 1782, and his fiduciary role in the early 1800's of managing 12,000 acres of land held in trust by the Church for the benefit of the Moravian Indians.

Biographical/Historical Note Missionary of the Moravian Church to the Indians of Ohio and Pennsylvania during the latter half of the eighteenth century, Heckewelder spent many years learning the languages and customs of these Indian tribes. He was most familiar with the Ohio Country Delaware and Mohegan Indians helping to establish the Moravian Mission of Gnadenhutten, Ohio in the 1760's and 1770's. Heckewelder vividly recorded in contemporary correspondence and in later accounts his experiences and broad knowledge of Indian life and of colonial affairs in the Ohio Valley.

Extent [2], 444, [1] p. ; 21 cm

Format Correspondence, Manuscripts (Documents)

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

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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Contributing Institution Newberry Library

Link to Catalog View record

Call Number Ayer MS 3089

BibID 132278

IIIF Resource Type Manifest

IIIF Resource ID https://collections.newberry.org/IIIF3/Presentation/Manifest/2KXJ8ZS8MLFCJ

Filename 991322788805867_Ayer_MS_3089

Unique identifier NL11ORKA

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