Ogden, John C.:

$1,250 · Offered by William Reese Company

AN EXCURSION INTO BETHLEHEM & NAZARETH, IN PENNSYLVANIA, IN THE YEAR 1799; WITH A SUCCINCT HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY OF UNITED BRETHREN, COMMONLY CALLED ... In the fall of 1779 the author travelled from New York to visit the settlements in Pennsylvania. This is one of the best 18th-century accounts of the Pennsylvania German communities. Ogden's narrative includes a brief account of the massacre of Christian Indians at Gnadenhutten and Salem, as well as notices of the progress of United Brethren missions in other regions such as the West Indies. An important account of the Moravian settlements.

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