Collection, 1680-1821.

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Cassel, Abraham H., 1820-1908,. Collection, 1680-1821.

Collection, 1680-1821.

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This group of manuscripts includes items relating to the Ephrata Cloister: hymnbooks; letter book, 1755, of Conrad Beissel; collection of songs composed and arranged by Johannes Kelpius; and the death register of the Cloister, 1728-1821. The remainder of the collection is comprised of religious tracts, hymnbooks, and schoolbooks. There is also a recipe book, n.d., of Christopher Sauer, and an extra-illustrated rare book by Friedrich Adolph Lampe, Short Instructions in the Foundations of Reformed Christianity (Philadelphia, 1762) with manuscript notations which include Bible quotations commenting on the text, and personal remarks at the beginning and end of the volume.

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