Johann Martin Bolzius reports and diaries, 1733-1739.

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Johann Martin Bolzius reports and diaries, 1733-1739.

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This collection consists of a microfilm copy of reports and diaries kept by Johann Bolzius from 1733 until 1739. The reports contain the first four years of Bolzius' report on Ebenezer, Georgia, and the Salzburger immigrants in his parish, to be recorded in the books of the orphanage in Halle, Germany. The first diary, 1733-1735, is incomplete, but the second diary, 1736, is complete.

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Georgia Historical Society

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Boltzius, Johann Martin, 1703-1765

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Johann Martin Bolzius (1703-1765) was born on December 15, 1703 in the town of Forest in lower Lusatia, Germany. After studying in the Berlin preparatory school, Bolzius received a scholarship to study theology at Halle at the age of 24 years. In 1730, at the age of 27, Bolzius became the vice-inspector of the Latin School connected with the Francke Foundation. In 1733, Bolzius was invited to accompany a group of religious exiles from Salzburg to Georgia and to be their minister. The settlement ...