THE EPHRATA PAPER MILL. A paper was read a short time ago be- fore the Historical Society of Pennsyl- vania upon the subject of paper making and the different water marks used by the Willcox family, whose history the learned speaker traced through the several gen- erations down to the present time

StudyofTwo Distinct Periods Perio Ephrata (.,Coiner BY JACK WARD WILLSON LOOSE I. Mills of the Cloister The Ephrata Cloisters owed its founding, if not its raison d'etre to Johann Conrad Beissel, who was born in April, 1690, at Eberbach in the German Palatinate. Beissel's father was an intemperate

members contented that the contract was legal and that it was the Council's duty to decide upon the matter of fire plugs. A motion by Mr. Mentzer, and seconded by Mr. Spangler, re- quired that the council take no further action until the Ephrata Water Com- pany comes with an agreement or proposition

Philadelphia. The care of the sick and wounded at points remote from the scene of battle or campaign resulted in the selection of the Cloister at Ephrata as one place where the commander-in- chief was certain those needing hospitalization would be tenderly cared for by the pious brethren and sisters of the

Visit by the Provost Magister, Israel Acrelius' to the Ephrata Cloister, August 20, 1753 Taken from "A History of New Sweden," by Israel Acrelius. Published in Stockholm 1759. Reprinted by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1874. Translated from the Swedish by William M. Reynolds, D.D. Ephrata

THE ORIGINAL "TURTLE TAUBE" OF THE EPHRATA CLOISTERS The original manuscript of the "Turtle Taube" one of the most treasured documents in the world, written by the brethren in the Ephrata Cloisters more than a century and a half ago, has been turned over to the Congressional Library in Washington

Ephrata Hymns and Hymn- Books. The early history of Ephrata in this county has been so frequently discuss- ed that to present an additional paper on the same general subject may ap- pear like "carrying coals to New- castle." I can well remember the time when the theme was regarded as peculiarly

A New Look at the Ephrata Cloister William F. Steirer, Jr. When the day's last curious tourist has retreated from the worn paths where Conrad Beissel once trod, and the softly glowing moon- light illuminates the old graveyard at Ephrata's Cloister, once more the Saal seems filled with the strains

Number Surname First Name Middle Name Prefix/Suffix Birth Date Death Date Notes Cemetery Name Cemetery Location Worner Volume # Cemetery Number Page Number 3317 Barnes Elizabeth February 10, 1770 Mount Zion Cemetery Ephrata 5 102 170 3318 Beck Annie May 8, 1911 Mount Zion Cemetery Ephrata 5 102 170

Number Surname First Name Middle Name Prefix/Suffix Birth Date Death Date Notes Cemetery Name Cemetery Location Worner Volume # Cemetery Number Page Number 16641 Bauer Johannes February 24, 1792 October 29, 1803 pg 461-465 of transcription Kemper Graveyard Ephrata Township 13 183 92 16642 Bitzer