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An extract of the journals of Mr. Commissary Von Reck : who conducted the first transport of Saltzburgers to Georgia : and of the Reverend Mr. Bolzius, one of their ministers : giving an account of their voyage to, and happy settlement in that province.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reck, Philipp Georg Friedrich von, 1710-1798.
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Salzburgers--Georgia.
- Salzburgers.
- Lutherans--Georgia--History.
- Lutherans.
- Religious refugees--Georgia.
- Religious refugees.
- Ebenezer (Effingham County, Ga.)--History.
- Ebenezer (Effingham County, Ga.).
- Georgia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- Georgia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (72 p. )
- Other Title:
- Extract of the journals of Mr. Commissary Von Reck
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by M. Downing, 1734.
- Contents:
- Extracts of Mr. von Reck's journal from Dover to Ebenezer
- Extract of the Reverend Mr. Bolzius's journal from their arrival in Carolina.
- Notes:
- "Published by the direction of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge."
- Abbreviated translation of two manuscript journals written in German.
- Text consists of two sections: "Extracts of Mr. Von Reck's Journal from Dover to Ebenezer." (p. [1]-26), and: "Extract of the Reverend Mr. Bolzius's Journal, from their arrival in Carolina." (p. [26]-71). Since the original German text of this second journal was composed jointly by Boltzius and Gronau, the present extract in English should also be credited to these two persons. Page 72 has the heading: "Advertisement" and is a solicitation for funds to aid the persecuted Salzburgers.
- Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
- Sabin no. 68369.
- Cited in:
- RLIN, CTRG98-B2498
- Contains:
- Gronau, Israel Christian, -1745.
- OCLC:
- 85794176
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