Brief guide to manuscripts collections| William L. Clements Library The University of Michigan Bethlehem, Pa. Collection |
A group of Moravians were invited to settle in Georgia in 1735. Later they moved to Pennsylvania, and with Bishop David Nitzchmann founded a settlement on the Lehigh in 1741. When Count Zinzendorf visited it, he named it Bethlehem. In the early days the Moravians worked principally among the Indians.
Miscellaneous manuscripts of the Moravian Brethren relative to the early development of their settlement at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
The collection included an indenture from the Reverend George Whitefield to George Stonehouse, July 18, 1741, for 5,000 acres of land at the juncture of the Delaware River, site of Bethlehem; a book of receipts, 1743-1745, signed by various persons but made out only to John David Bischoff and Jasper Payne; a minute book of meetings for a society of Moravians which supported agents and missionaries, 1745-1747; and 26 bills and receipts for supplies and salaries, 1747-1784.
Purchased, 1934
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