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Abraham S. Martin's Notes on Jacob W. Stauffer's A Chronicle or History Booklet about the So-Called Mennonite Church, published in German in 1855

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21164
Author
Lehman, Daniel R.
Date of Publication
2017.
Call Number
905.748 PMH v.40 n.3
Author
Lehman, Daniel R.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society,
Date of Publication
2017.
Physical Description
73-80 p.
Series
Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage ; v. 40, no. 3
Summary
"A transcription of commentary on the separation of the Stauffer (Pike) Mennonites from Lancaster Conference...Jacob W. Stauffer wrote a Chronicle to explain and defend his position after he and his supporters separated from the Lancaster Mennonite Conference. The book was not published until after his death...Abraham S. Martin was ordained a minister in the Groffdale Mennonite church after Jacob W. Stauffer withdrew to form a new group, called the Stauffer (Pike) Mennonites. In his copy of Jacob W. Stauffer's book...he wrote a number of comments about matters on which he disagreed with the author. He desired that anyone who read the book would know his viewpoint regarding the contents of the book...Below are the fifteen pages of notes with the page number at the beginning."
Subjects
Mennonites - Doctrines.
Additional Author
Amos B. Hoover
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PMH v.40 n.3
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