Typed Manuscript titled, "Old Waterworks Archaeological Project, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1964" by Vincent P. Foley. Details a Historic Bethlehem, Inc. project lead by Mr. Foley and 6 University of Pennsylvania Graduate Students to excavate the site of the old Waterworks site in Bethlehem, over the course of six weeks.
Letter of manumission for Magdalena (formerly Beulah) by Charles Brockden in Philadelphia, March 3, 1752. Part of a folder of various papers regarding enslaved people owned by the Moravian congregation in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Agreement between the freed slave Christian Anton in Emmaus and August Spangenberg and Peter Böhler to pay off the purchase price for his future wife, the slave Ann Cherry (formerly Margaret), June 8, 1762. Part of a folder of various papers regarding enslaved people owned by the Moravian congregation in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Brother Philip Christian Bader's Diary of his Journey and Visit to the Schools in the Country from 16th November 1752 to 28th February 1753.
Translated Bader Diary entries have
been wholly grouped by entry date.
Date entries spanning two original document pages repeat in gray text.
Settlements and Congregations of the Moravians in the United States of North America
N.B.—The years denote the time of establishment as congregations,
I.—Pennsylvania
1. Bethlehem; 1742; County Northampton
2. Nazareth; 1744; do.
3. Schoeneck; 1762; do.
4. Emmaus; 1847; do.
5. Hoffenthal; 1837; do.
6. Philadelphia; 1743; County Philadelphia
7. Lancaster; 1750; County Lancaster
8. Lititz; 1756; do.
9. York; 1755; County York
10. Lebanon; 1847. County Lebanon
11. New York; 1748; County
II.—New York
12. Staten Island; 1763; County Richmond
13. Camben Valley; 1834; County Washington
III.—Maryland
14. Graceham; 1758; County Frederick
IV.—Ohio
15. Gnadenhuetten; 1799; County Tuscarawas
16. Sharon; 1817; do.
17. Canal Dover; 1843; do.
V.—Indiana
18. Hope; 1830; County Bartholomew
19. Enon; 1830; do.
VI.—North Carolina
20. Salem; 1766; County Forsythe
21. Bethbara; 1753; do.
22. New Philadelphia; 1846; do.
23. Bethania; 1759; do.
24. Friedland; 1770; do.
25. Friedberg; 1770; do.
26. Hope; 1780; do.
VII.—Virginia
27. Mount Bethel; 1851
VIII.—Illinois
28. New Salem; 1844; County Edwards
The 19 first-mentioned congregations are under the superintendance of a directing body, residing at
Bethlehem, Pensylvania; the others are under a similar body, resident at Salem, in North Carolina. Both are subordinate to the supreme Board in Germany.
The establishments for the education of youth in the above mentioned congregations are at Nazareth Hall, Bethlehem, Lititz and Salem.
The Home Missionary stations are in Philadelphia, Greenbay, Surgeon-bay, on Lake Michigan, among the Norwegians, New York, Olney, and Richland.
Plan of the farmlands on the west side of Bethlehem, north of the Lehigh, west of the Monocacy as drawn by Georg Wenzeslaus Golkowsky in 1786. Ink and watercolor on paper. Scale: 1 inch to twenty perches.
Cartographic material, made with watercolor and ink on paper; backed on linen. Topographical depiction of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and surrounding tracts.
This map is annotated in German. Included are the lands of Nain, the proprietors, William Allen, Jeremias Langhorn, Burnside, Benezet, John Jones, Nic. Küntz, Nic. Tolle, Weigand, and others.
Survey map of the farms south of the Lehigh River by Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, created in 1798. Ink and watercolor on paper linen backed. Scale: 1 inch to twenty seven and a half Ruthen.
Cartographic material of Pennsylvania, northern Maryland and New Jersey, constructed with ink and watercolor on linen backed paper, and created c.1750. Scale is 1 inch to twenty english miles.
This letter is from the President of the United States George Washington (1732-1799) in reply to a letter sent by the Brethren. Washington thanks them for their congratulations and prayers. He also thanks them for the treatise on the propagation of the Gospel among the Heathen and assures them of the government's cooperation to their missionary endeavors.
The Brethren congratulate George Washington (1732-1799) on his appointment as President of the United States, mentioning God's intervention in the process. They gift Washington with a small treatise on the propagation of the Gospel among the Heathen. They ask the President for his protection in their missionary endeavors.
This is a letter from the Elders of the Moravian Church congratulating William Moore (1735-1793) on his election as President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania. The Elders pledge allegiance and express their continued hopes for protection of the Brethren.
In this letter, the Indians from Philadelphia (under the protection of the Brethren) thank the Governor of Pennsylvania John Penn (1729-1795) for his hospitality and his protection.
In this letter, Lewis Weiss talks about several issues that the government has with the Indians and he tells Frederick Marshall that he is not sure on what to do next.
This is a petition to Governor of Pennsylvania John Penn (1729-1795) from the inhabitants of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. They request assistance in dealing with the Indians in this time of war. They mention that the Moravian Congregation of Bethlehem has been supplying intelligence and supplies to the Indians.
William Logan sends to David Zeisberger (1721-1808), who is in New York, a copy of the message (prepared by Governor of Pennsylvania John Penn) for safekeeping and just in case the Indians need to hear it again.
