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Correspondence from William Smith, 1755.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 599
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- Format:
- Other
- Author/Creator:
- Weiser, Conrad, 1696-1760, addressee.
- Language:
- English
- Penn Provenance:
- Sold by William Reese Company (New Haven, Connecticut), 2015.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (2 leaves)
- Contained In:
- William Smith Papers. Folder 230
- Place of Publication:
- 1755.
- Biography/History:
- Weiser, born in Germany, was a Pennsylvania pioneer, farmer, tanner, soldier, and judge. Weiser was an interpreter and acted as a diplomat between the colony and Native Americans.
- Summary:
- A letter from William Smith to Conrad Weiser dated May 29, 1755, regarding a meeting for the establishment of a school, most likely to promote religious knowledge and English language among German immigrants. Mentioned in the letter are paying the master, applications for the school, and the schoolhouse.
- OCLC:
- 932303957
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