Pennsylvania German broadsides reprinted by the Restored Press of the Brotherhood, 1976-1979.

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Pennsylvania German broadsides reprinted by the Restored Press of the Brotherhood, 1976-1979.

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The collection consists of seven reprints from the Restored Press of the Brotherhood, The Cloister, Ephrata, Pa. Including: House blessing, in English, originally printed by Samuel Baumann in 1813, translated from the German by Harry F. Stauffer; John Greenleaf Whittier poem, first line, Wake, sisters, wake!, rustic woodcut of house, ornamental border; The Cloister Hospital, 1777, testimonial written by a wounded soldier nursed at the hospital. Also, text of a Fraktur-schriften from the Saal at The Cloister, in German and English, undated; Ephrata Christmas greeting, 1769, Math. I.21, with poem, in German with English translation; Haus-Segen, or, House blessing, in German, originally published by Samuel Baumann, 1813, blessing within heart-shaped border, decorated with flowers, leaves, birds, and stags; Title page and introduction to pt. 2 of the Ephrata ed. of the Martyr's mirror, in German, Des Blutigen Schau-Platzes, originally published 1749.

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Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

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John Greenleaf Whittier was a wildly popular New England poet. A deeply committed and active abolitionist, he wrote many of his poems with a political agenda, although distinguished by an open-minded tolerance so often lacking in his fellow abolitionists. Although his works are somewhat marred by overtly political and overly sentimental works, the core of his output stands as fine, lyrical American verse. From the description of John Greenleaf Whittier letters, 1858 and 1876. (Pennsy...

Ephrata Cloister

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The Ephrata Cloister, near Lancaster, Pa., was a religious community of German Seventh Day Baptists founded by Johann Conrad Beissel in 1728. Under Beissel's guidance, Ephrata became known for its mystical music, hymn writings, and manuscript illuminations. Two sisters, Anastasia and Iphigenia, were the principal ornamental writers; the artists of the illuminations are unknown. There were three major collections of hymns produced at Ephrata: Zionitischer Weyrauch's Hügel, Turtel Taube, and Para...

Restored Press of the Brotherhood, the Cloister,

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