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German Pietists of Provincial Pennsylvania / Julius F. Sachse.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sachse, Julius Friedrich, 1842-1919, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Pennsylvania Dutch--History.
- Pennsylvania Dutch.
- Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- Pennsylvania.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 504 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : Penn State University Press, 1895.
- Summary:
- "A history of early German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania in the beginning of the eighteenth century, with a particular focus on the group of Pietist mystics who emigrated to America in 1694. First published in 1895"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part 1. Introduction
- The exodus from the fatherland
- The voyage to America
- The arrival in Pennsylvania
- The chapter of perfection
- Gerard Croese
- The Pietists in Germany
- In the New World
- The woman in the wilderness
- A rival community
- An emissary to the Old World
- Reynier Jansen
- The divining rod and horoscope
- Local superstitions
- The mystic on the Wissahickon
- Return of Daniel Falkner
- Close of the first decade
- Visits of Sabbatarians
- Attorney and bailiff
- The decline of the community
- The hermits on the ridge
- The location of the Tabernacle
- Part 2. Magister Johannes Kelpius
- Henrich Bernhard Köster
- Daniel Falkner
- Johann Gottfried Seelig
- Dominie Justus Falkner
- Conrad Matthäi
- Doctor Christopher Witt
- The romance of Spook Hill
- Appendix. Benjamin Furly
- Magister Johann Jacob Zimmermann
- Dominie Andreas Rudmann.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
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