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Title
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"Father" David Nitschmann, Sr.
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Alternative Title
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Father Nitschmann
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Creator
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Haidt, John Valentine
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Publisher
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Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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Type
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Still image
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Format
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Oil on Canvas
image/jpg; 25 1/4 x 30 " (63.5 x 76.5 cm)
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Description
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Portrait of an elderly Moravian man, sitting on a chair, showing both hands, one button is missing. gold frame.
David Nitschmann (1676-1758), 'Altvater', born in Zauchtental, Moravia, married Anna Schneider (1702), imprisoned (1724?), escaped and went to Herrnhut (1725), missionary in St. Croix (1733-37), went to Pennsylvania (1740), one of the founders of Bethlehem, felled the first tree for the new community, became proprietor of the Moravian property (1751). He died in Bethlehem. Anna Nitschmann ('Caritas') was his daughter.
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Subject
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Nitschmann, David, 1676-1758
Moravians
Portraits
Paintings
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Identifier
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I.K.2
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Place
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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Rights Holder
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Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
