Collection 1765-1822.

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Collection 1765-1822.

Photocopies of correspondence, journals, diaries, and minutes of the 1803 mission conference; and correspondence by and about Moravian missionaries John Heckewelder, Johannes Jungmanns, and David Zeisberger, and reports and daily records of the Gnadenhutten and Schoenbrunn missions in Ohio. Some of the papers are translated from German. Contact repository for more information.

3 cubic feet.

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Ettwein, John, 1721-1802

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John Ettwein (1721-1802) was a Moravian missionary in Germany, Holland, and England before coming to the American colonies in 1754 with a group of 50 Moravians. Ettwein was involved in various missions among the Native Americans in the middle colonies, including Georgia. In 1763, he was placed in charge of all Moravian work in North Carolina, and was responsible for the church's property in South Carolina and Georgia. During the Revolutionary War he was pronounced a Loyalist for his refusal to f...

Zeisberger, David.

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Heckewelder, John

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Second translation from the English by Felix Giraud, Ancien Chancel er du Consulat de France a Boston. From the description of John Heckewelder manuscript 1820 (Tulsa City-County Library). WorldCat record id: 556066556 ...

Moravian Church. Archives.

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Jungmann, John.

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