1787. · Halle
by Schulze, Johann
Halle, 1787.. Twelve parts bound in one volume. Various paginations. Small, thick quarto. Contemporary calf, gilt- lettered spine. Boards nearly detached, slightly scuffed, spine cracked. Later bookplate and library label on front pastedown. Internally clean. Good. "A collected reprint of the reports of the Lutheran missionaries in America, who were sent from Germany subsequent to the year 1742. Prefixed is a brief historical account of the Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in America, by the editor Johann Ludwig Schulze" - Sabin. Altogether, there were seventeen reports issued by the Lutheran pastors in Pennsylvania to the authorities in Halle, each with a special titlepage, twelve of which appear here. The present reports cover most of the years between 1742 and 1787. The dates of the individual reports are 1750-51, 1753-54, 1764-65, 1769, 1771, 1773-74, 1776, and 1787. A useful resource for the study of Lutherans and Moravians in Pennsylvania, and especially their Indian missions on the Pennsylvania frontier. Quite rare. OCLC locates only two copies. HOWES S206, "aa." SABIN 78013. JCB II:3158. OCLC 40861174.
(Inventory #: WRCAM30494)