A history of the rise, progress, and present condition of the Moravian Seminary for Young Ladies at Bethlehem, Pa. : with a catalogue of its pupils, 1785-1858
The R. Theodore Bixlers' Collection of Lancaster Authors.
Summary
The visit of this Lancaster native, Ms. Phebe Earle Gibbons, to France and Belgium in 1878 is described in detail. It includes her visit to the Paris World's Fair, though that is just one stop on a journey to absorb the way of life in these two countries.
"Printed for the association. Sold by John Pennington & Son."
No more published.
"Volume 1."
Contents
Introduction.--Count Zinzendorf's observations on the North American Indians.--A narrative of his journey among the Delawares.--His narrative of a visitation to the mission among the Mohicans of New York.--A narrative of a journey to the Susquehanna.--J. Martin Mack's narrative of Count Zinzendorf's sojourn among the Shawanese of Wyoming.--Count Zinzendorf's review of his experience among the North American Indians.--Count Zinzendorf's plan of the Moravian mission among the Indians.--Names and notices of the Christian Indians who lie buried in the Moravian grave-yard at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.--Annals of early Moravian settlement in Georgia and Pennsylvania.--The accounts of the Moravian brethren at Bethlehem, Pa., with the commissioners of the province of Pennsylvania, during the Indian war of 1755 and 1756.
