Elizabeth Barras papers 1838-1840

Moravian Church

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The Moravians came to the United States in 1735 primarily to preach the gospel to the Indians. Although the Moravians had contacts with many Indian tribes, they did most of their work among the Delawares. They followed this tribe westward from Pennsylvania to Ohio, to Canada, to Indiana,and finally to Kansas. They also worked among the Mahicans in New York and Connecticut, and among the Cherokees in Georgia and Oklahoma. The work lasted until 1900, for a total of over 150 years. From...

Barras, John B.

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Elizabeth Barras, daughter of Philadelphia tailor John B. Barras, was a young student at the Moravian Seminary for Young Ladies in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, between 1838 and 1840. Little is known about her family, except that her younger sister Charlotte probably also attended the seminary. The first name of her mother is never revealed. Elizabeth later married Thomas S. Martin, and was widowed and living in Philadelphia in 1900. From the guide to the Elizabeth Barras pap...

Moravian Seminary for Young Ladies

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