Vierundneunzig Fragen August Hermann Franckens an Daniel Falckner sowie Nachricht aus Pennsylvania : wahrheitgetreue Abschrift einer im Besitze der Waisenhausbibliothek zu Halle a.d. Saale befindlichen Handschrift, D. 85, 1902 Dec.-1903 Jan. / angefertigt im December 1902 x Januar 1903 und geprüft

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Vierundneunzig Fragen August Hermann Franckens an Daniel Falckner sowie Nachricht aus Pennsylvania : wahrheitgetreue Abschrift einer im Besitze der Waisenhausbibliothek zu Halle a.d. Saale befindlichen Handschrift, D. 85, 1902 Dec.-1903 Jan. / angefertigt im December 1902 x Januar 1903 und geprüft durch den durzeitigen Bibliothekar Oberlehrer K. Weiske.

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A transcript of the original manuscript of Falckner's Curieuse Nachricht von Pennsylvania, made for Julius Friedrich Sachse from December 1902 to January 1903 and checked for accuracy by the then librarian and headmaster of the Orphanage Library of Halle an der Saale, K. Weiske. Falckner's work was made up of a series of responses to 94 questions by August Hermann Francke. The first 73 questions are listed at the beginning of the manuscript. Sachse used this transcript for his translation of the work published in 1905. Falckner's work stimulated the great German emigration to Pennsylvania in the early years of the 18th century.

1 v. (71 leaves) ; 37 cm. + 6 typescript leaves (34 cm.) laid in.

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Francke, August Hermann, 1663-1727

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Sachse, Julius Friedrich, 1842-1919

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Julius Friedrich Sachse, a second generation German-American, was an accomplished late 19th century historian of the Germans in Pennsylvania and an important photographer. His particular interest in the Ephrata Community, whose cloister he helped save from the wrecker's ball, bore fruit in several publications, including The German pietists of provincial Pennsylvania... 1694-1708 (Philadelphia, 1895), The German sectarians of Pennsylvania... (Philadelphia, 1899-1900), and The music ...

Weiske, Karl

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Schäfer, Petter, 1662-1727.

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Falckner, Daniel, b. 1666.

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