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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Adams , John Quincy , 1767 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hazelius , Ernest Lewis 1777 -1853 (search)
Hazelius, Ernest Lewis 1777-1853
Clergyman; born in Silesia, Prussia, Sept. 6, 1777; was reared in the Moravian faith, and later became a minister in that Church.
In 1800 he accepted a professorship at the Moravian Seminary in Nazareth, Pa. In 1809, however, he joined the Lutheran Church; in 1815 became Professor of Theology in the Hartwick Seminary, and remained there for fifteen years. He published a History of the Lutheran Church in America, etc. He died in South Carolina, Feb. 20, 1853.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Schwenkfelders, (search)
Schwenkfelders,
A religious sect founded by Hans Kaspar Schwenkfeld in Silesia.
In 1734 most of its members, owing to persecution, emigrated and settled in Pennsylvania, where they established several churches and schools.
In 1900 they numbered about 1,000.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Seidel , Nathaniel 1718 - (search)
Seidel, Nathaniel 1718-
Missionary; born in Lauban, Silesia, Oct. 2, 1718; was ordained in the Moravian Church; came to America in 1742, and became an untiring evangelist among the settlers and the Indians; spent eighteen years of uninterrupted travel principally in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New England as far as Boston.
In 1753 he founded a Moravian colony in North Carolina; in 1761 was made presiding bishop of his church, and discharged the duties of that office with great faithfulness until his death in Bethlehem, Pa., May 17, 1782.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stewart , Alexander Turney 1803 -1876 (search)