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Reise-Beschreibung der Schwenckfelder von Herrnhut und Haarlem nach Philadelphia im Jahr 1733 (An Account of the Journey to Philadelphia from Herrnhut and Haarlem in the Year 1733), by David Scholtz
This pamphlet describes the journey of a group of Schwenkfelders from Herrnhut in Oberlausitz (Upper Lusatia), Germany to Philadelphia. Herrnhut was founded by by Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, who offered the Schwenkfelders refuge as the persecution against them increased. Scholtz describe...
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| Collection: | Abraham H. Cassel collection (#1610) |
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| Date: | 1733 |
| Volume Number: | Volume 38 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org) |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/6988 |
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This pamphlet describes the journey of a group of Schwenkfelders from Herrnhut in Oberlausitz (Upper Lusatia), Germany to Philadelphia. Herrnhut was founded by by Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, who offered the Schwenkfelders refuge as the persecution against them increased. Scholtz describes some of the cities where they stop and the people they meet before beginning the trans-Atlantic voyage. He also provides details about the crossing itself after their ship, the brigantine The Pennsylvania Merchant, leaves Rotterdam in 1733. |
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