The German Pietists of provincial Pennsylvania : 1694-1708

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Bibliographic Details
OCLC:14020181
Main Author: Sachse, Julius Friedrich, 1842-1919
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Printed for the author, 1895
Subjects:
Pietism > Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Dutch.
Pïetisme.
Duitsers.
Pennsylvania > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Electronic books.
Related Items:Online version: German Pietists of provincial Pennsylvania.
Online version: German Pietists of provincial Pennsylvania.
Format:

Monograph

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The exodus from the fatherland
  • The voyage to America
  • The arrival in Pennsylvania
  • The chapter of perfection
  • Gerard Croese
  • The Pietists in Germany
  • In the new world
  • The woman in the wilderness
  • A rival community
  • An emissary to the old world
  • Reynier Jansen
  • The divining rod and horoscope
  • Local superstitions
  • The mystic on the Wissahickon
  • Return of Daniel Falkner
  • Close of the first decade
  • Visits of Sabbatarians
  • Attorney and bailiff
  • The decline of the community
  • The hermits on the ridge
  • The location of the tabernacle
  • Magister Johannes Kelpius
  • Henrich Bernhard K̈oster
  • Daniel Falkner
  • Johann Gottfried Seelig
  • Dominie Justus Falkner
  • Conrad Matthäi
  • Doctor Christopher Witt
  • The romance of Spook Hill
  • Benjamin Furly
  • Magister Johann Jacob Zimmermann
  • Dominie Andreas Rudmann.

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