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The Journals of the Moravian Mission to Georgia, 1734-1737
From Herrnhut to Savannah
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2023
Summary
This book offers the first English translation of journals written by four leading figures in the Moravian Church who spent time in the British colony of Georgia between 1735 and 1737. Authored by August Gottlieb Spangenberg, David Nitschmann, Johann Töltschig, and Johann Andreas Dober, these documents are a vital source of historical and cultural information. Offering new insights into the eighteenth-century Atlantic world, the journals address a range of fascinating topics, including missionary travel to the Americas, life in colonial Georgia, and Moravian theology and practices. Originally written in an archaic script and housed in a remote German archive, the journals have not been widely available to readers until the publication of this book. Presenting a valuable resource for scholars and general audiences alike, John Thomas Scott and Achim Kopp have translated the diaries into a readable version of English that also remains faithful to the original German. In addition to featuring explanatory annotations of the journal entries, the book also includes a list of the Moravians who travelled to the Georgia colony, profiles of the settlers and of each of the journal authors, and a timeline of the Georgia Moravian settlement. Supported by this contextual apparatus, The Journals of the Moravian Mission to Georgia offers an important new perspective on a key historical moment in the founding of the modern West.
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Edition
1/2023
Copyright year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-61146-356-9
ISBN-Online
978-1-61146-357-6
Publisher
University Press Copublishing, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
284
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
Georgia Moravian Timeline No access
List of Settlers No access
Profiles of the Moravian Journal Authors No access
Profiles of the Moravian Settlers No access
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Chapter 1 The Journal of August Gottlieb Spangenberg: December 28, 1734–February 6, 1735, and January 12, 1736–March 16, 1736 No access Pages 1 - 76
Chapter 2 The Journal of David Nitschmann, Bishop: August 8, 1735–February 17, 1736 No access Pages 77 - 126
Chapter 3 The Journal of Johann Töltschig: April 1, 1736–October 16, 1737 No access Pages 127 - 180
Chapter 4 The Journal of Johann Andreas Dober: August 5, 1735–February 22, 1736, and December 2, 1736–March 6, 1737 No access Pages 181 - 214
Appendix A “We Have Come to Georgia with Pure Intentions”: Moravian Bishop August Gottlieb Spangenberg’s Letters from Savannah, 1735 No access Pages 215 - 254
Appendix B Catalog of Alternate Spellings of Names and Terms Contained in the Moravian Journals No access Pages 255 - 258
