This journal article describes how an African male came to be sold into slavery in America and how he became a member of the Moravian church community in Bethlehem , Pa. Also included is the autobiography of this man named Andrew which as a member of the church he was required to write. While he remained in slave status, his membership in the church provided him a life more normal than a slave would ordinarily endure.
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Volume 112, number 3 (July 1988), p. 433-451Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article905.748 HSP v.112
Content warning: this item contains racist language and references to abortion.
Library has a copy that appeared to belong to the author. His stamp is inside the front cover, and indicates he was at "The Hamilton" in Lancaster at the time.
Contents
Introductory.--Tuskegee school.--Virtue and morals.--Religion.--Social equality.--Industry and criminality.--Fidelity.
Summary
Stanton Becker Von Grabill was a respected pianist who was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. His criticism of Booker T. Washington and the Tuskegee School reflects a racist point of view not uncommon for 1905. His text does provide information about Mr. Washington's project and serves as an example of white critiques of Black enfranchisement after Reconstruction. Content warning: this item contains racist language and references to abortion.
Ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battles ... 1897.
v. 1. 1708-1742 -- I. Ephrata of the present day -- II. Beyond the Cocalico -- III. Advent of the Palatines -- IV. German pilgrims -- V. The Weaver's apprentice -- VI. The Labadists on the Bohemia Manor -- VII. The hut in the forest -- VIII. The German Baptist Brethren -- IX. The New Dunkers on the Conestoga -- X. The Cradle of German literature -- XI. Alexander Mack -- XII. Koch-Halekung, the serpent's den -- XIII. A retrospect -- XIV. A eventful year -- XV. The awakening of the Tulpehoken -- XVI. Kedar -- XVII. Jacob's Kampff und Ritter-platz -- XVIII. The monastery on the Wissahickon -- XIX. Unitas Fratrum -- XX. The habits of the orders -- XXI. Roster of the celibates -- XXII. The Weyrauchs Hugel -- XXIII. The Zionitic Brotherhood -- XXIV. The Amwell Dunkers -- XXV. The house of prayer -- XXVI. Peniel -- XXVII. A celestial visit -- XXVIII. The Skippack Brethren -- XXIX. The Pennsylvania Synods -- XXX. The order of the mustard seed -- XXXI. Hebron -- XXXII. Saron -- XXXIII. Bethania.
v.2. 1742-1800 -- I. Christopher Sauer and his German Bible -- II. Magister Johannes Hildebrand -- III. The great comet of 1743 -- IV. The pilgrimage to New England -- V. Industrial feature of the community -- VI. The music of the Cloister -- VII. The mystic of the Cocalico -- VIII. The rule of the Sisterhood -- IX. The Eckerlins -- X. The Ephrata Press -- XI. The Nantmel revival -- XII. The Gimsheim revival -- XIII. Conrad Weiser -- XIV. Educational departments -- XV. The visit of Israel Acrelius -- XVI. The Valleys of Virginia -- XVII. Snow Hill -- XVIII. Exoricism of fire -- XIX. Friedsam Gottrecht -- XX. Prior Jaebez -- XXI. Issues of the Kloster Press -- The Ephrata register (burial record)
3 p.l., [3]-513, [1] p. front., illus., plates, ports., maps. 23 1/2 cm.
Notes
"Books and other writings by Rev. Edwin MacMinn": p. [514]
"There is only one edition of this work, limited to 1,000 copies."
Summary
"In this story of the career of Colonel Henry Antes. the attemptis made to present the life of one who was so identified withvarious movements in the development of the frontier of Pennsylvania,as to constitute him a representative character. He wasbrought into intimate relations with the men who stand out asthe controling thinkers and workers of the Colonial regime. Inhis earlier days, Benjamin Franklin and John Dickinson werethe dominant factors, and the political strife was on the problemof the limitation of the powers of the proprietary government.In his later days, Andrew Jackson was the cynosure of all eyes,and the era of internal improvements was being ushered in. Betweenthese two periods occurred the war of the Revolution, thewar of 1812, and the careers of Washington, Jefferson, Adams,Madison, Monroe, Hamilton, and their compeers. But the activitiesof Col. Henry Antes were not so much with these men aswith the men they were leading. As a local leader of the people,he represents the forces at work in the substratum of government.A study of his life shows us how our ancestors lived, and wrought,and became prosperous, while fair and fertile fields succeeded forests, and palatial edifices of brick and stone and marble arose from the spot where the log cabin of the brave pioneer had stood." [from the text]
"Paper read before the Lebanon County Historical Society, June 16, 1905, VOL. III, No. 6."
Summary
The Aid Society's provision of food ,clothing and other needs for soldiers during the Civil War is described. This included servicing soldiers from other parts of the country on troop trains transiting through Lebanon. The author details the tremendous amount of supplies collected by this organization and speculates that tens of thousands of soldiers were fed by these women.
Historical papers and addresses / Lebanon County Historical Society) ; v. 1, no. 1
Notes
"Addresses delivered at the first stated meeting of the Lebanon County Historical Society, held in the Court House, Lebanon, PA., Friday, Feberuary 18, 1898."
Summary
The Hebron Diary tells of events during the Revolutionary War period in Hebron, the settlement that later became Lebanon, PA. The author gives commentary about entries in the diary.
Ceremonies at the dedication of the equestrian statue of Major-General Anthony Wayne, Commander-in-chief of the U. S. Army : Erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on the revolutionary camp ground at Valley Forge, June 20, 1908
