A new spelling book : adapted to different classes of pupils : compiled with a view to render the arts of spelling and reading easy and pleasant to children
The English reader : or, Pieces in prose and poetry, from the best writers; designed to assist young persons to read with propriety and effect; improve their language and sentiments, and to inculcate the most important principles of piety and virtue
LCHS has vol.1(May 1829) to vol. 4(April 1933) (4 vols.)
Published in Marietta, Pa. 1829-1834; published in Lancaster, Pa. 1834-1838. (Cf. Yoder, Donald Herbert. Der Fröhliche Botschafter: an early American Universalist magazine. The American-German Review, June 1944, p. 13-16)
Introduction to the English reader : or, A selection of pieces, in prose and poetry, calculated to improve the younger classes of learners in reading, and to imbue their minds with the love of virture. To which are added, rules and observations for assisting children to read with propriety
xxii, 656 pages : illustrations (some color), coats of arms, facsimiles, genealogical tables, maps, portraits ; 28 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-551).
Contents
Flash forward: Nora Musser (1881-1929) -- The Old World. The Swiss plateau ; Von Lunkhofen and Snewli ; Von Seedorf and Moser ; Du Ranc de Vibrac ; The Reformation ; Zürich: the Albis and the Oberland ; Bern: the Emmental and the Oberland ; Anabaptist exiles (the Kraichgau, Alsace, the Jura) ; The Protestants -- The New World. The Pequea Colony ; Eighteenth century Lancaster County ; Weaverland ; Musser migrations ; the Bowmansville Mennonites ; Henry Musser (1730-1805) ; Bowmansville kith and kin ; The churchmen ; Mathias Musser (1764-1834) ; Daniel Musser (1797-1869) ; David Musser (1829-1905) ; Samuel H. Musser (1858-1934) -- Afterward: the Mussers and the Hornings -- Appendices. Ahnentafels ; Revising the Rancks.
Summary
"This narrative history based on the ancestry of Nora Musser (1881-1929), who was born in Lancaster Co., Pa., follows the intertwined histories of about a dozen families from the Albis region in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, and another dozen similar families from the Emmental and Bernese Oberland in the Canton of Bern, during the 15th and 16th centuries. The author traces the fate of these ancestors through the periods of persecution of Anabaptists in Zurich and Bern, and their forced exile and subsequent emigration to Lancaster Co., Pa., in the 17th century. It chronicles their relationship to the American society that grew up around them over the course of the 18th and 19th centuries, including intermarriages with several Reformed and Lutheran families. Among the principal descent lines considered are: Musser, Good, Weber/Weaver, Musselman, Gehman, Bowman, Oberholtzer, Huber, Kendig, Rutt, Tschantz, Ranck, Messner, Schnader, Lied, and Frey. The author also takes a critical look at published claims that three particular lines of Nora Musser's ancestors might be traced as far back as the High Middle Ages."
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 165 #2.
Memorabilia : lottery tickets (two) - Sunday school anniversary program - two postcards - Report of the Church Building Committeer Feb. 12, 1887 (five pages) - Christ Church Tidings December 1909 and Lent 1910 - Memorabilia notes. (16 pieces).
