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Adam (search for this): entry pastorius-francis-daniel
still arrive, have to fall to work and swing the axe most vigorously: for wherever you turn the cry is, Itur in antiquam sylvam, nothing but endless forests. So that I have been often wishing for a number of stalwart Tyrolians, to throw down these gigantic oak and other forest trees, but which we will be obliged to cut down ourselves by degrees and with almost incredible labor and exertion, during which we can have a very forcible illustration of the sentence pronounced upon our poor old father Adam, that in the sweat of his brow he should eat his bread. To our successors, and others coming after us, we would say that they must not only bring over money, but a firm determination to labor and make themselves useful to our infant colony. Upon the whole, we may consider that man blessed whom the devil does not find idling. In the mean time we are employing the wild inhabitants as day-laborers, for which they are, however, not much inclined; and we ourselves are gradually learning t
Thomas Von Wylich (search for this): entry pastorius-francis-daniel
nity to obey and practise the command of the Saviour, Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel ; but, unfortunately, they seek more their own comfort and ease than they do the glory of the Redeemer. Of the German Society for the settling in Pennsylvania. The principal participants in this society of ours are the following-named gentlemen: Jacob von De Walle, Dr. John Jacob Schuetz, and Daniel Behagel, all of Franckfort-on-the-Mayne. Gerhard von Mastricht, of Duisburg; Thomas von Wylich, and John Lebrunn, of Wesel. Benjamin Furly, of Rotterdam; Philip Fort, of London. These persons will attend to and care for all letters and papers for our colony, and will also assist and give advice to all such as desire to emigrate, if such applicants be of good moral character and standing, and their motives and intentions for emigrating are honest and good. In Pennsylvania the whole direction and management of the colony has been intrusted to my humble abilities, for the
John Jacob Schuetz (search for this): entry pastorius-francis-daniel
e believers might be edified to the salvation of their souls. The ministers here might have an excellent opportunity to obey and practise the command of the Saviour, Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel ; but, unfortunately, they seek more their own comfort and ease than they do the glory of the Redeemer. Of the German Society for the settling in Pennsylvania. The principal participants in this society of ours are the following-named gentlemen: Jacob von De Walle, Dr. John Jacob Schuetz, and Daniel Behagel, all of Franckfort-on-the-Mayne. Gerhard von Mastricht, of Duisburg; Thomas von Wylich, and John Lebrunn, of Wesel. Benjamin Furly, of Rotterdam; Philip Fort, of London. These persons will attend to and care for all letters and papers for our colony, and will also assist and give advice to all such as desire to emigrate, if such applicants be of good moral character and standing, and their motives and intentions for emigrating are honest and good. In P
Anneke (search for this): entry pastorius-francis-daniel
e says, glad to enjoy again the company of my Christian friends rather than be with Von Rodeck, feasting and dancing. In 1683, in company with a small number of German Friends, he emigrated to America, settling upon the Frankfort Company's tract. The township was divided into four hamlets—namely, Germantown, Krisheim, Crefield, and Sommerhausen. He united with the Society of Friends, and became the recognized head and lawgiver of the settlement. He married, two years after his arrival, Anneke, daughter of Dr. Klosterman, of Muhlheim. In the year 1688 he drew up a memorial against slave-holding, which was adopted by the Germantown Friends, and sent up to the monthly meeting, and thence to the yearly meeting at Philadelphia. It is noteworthy as the first protest made by a religious body against negro slavery. The original document was discovered in 1844, by the Philadelphia antiquarian, Nathan Kite, and published in The friend. It is a bold and direct appeal to the best insti
Tyre (search for this): entry pastorius-francis-daniel
ine power, and particularly do they listen with emotion to the narrative of the Saviour's life and sufferings; but it is greatly to be regretted that we are not yet sufficiently acquainted with their language, so as to explain the great plan of salvation to them fully. They behave with the greatest respect and decorum whenever they attend public worship in our churches; and it is my firm belief that many of these poor American savages will in the great day rise up in judgment with those of Tyre and Sidon against our own wicked and perverse generation. As regards their domestic arrangements, the men attend to the chase, hunting, and fishing, the women bring up their children, instructing them in virtue and honor. They raise some few vegetables, such as corn and beans; but, as to any extensive farming and cultivation, they concern themselves nothing about it, but are rather surprised that we, as Christians, should have so many cares and anxieties as to our support and nourishment, j
Benjamin Furly (search for this): entry pastorius-francis-daniel
iour, Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel ; but, unfortunately, they seek more their own comfort and ease than they do the glory of the Redeemer. Of the German Society for the settling in Pennsylvania. The principal participants in this society of ours are the following-named gentlemen: Jacob von De Walle, Dr. John Jacob Schuetz, and Daniel Behagel, all of Franckfort-on-the-Mayne. Gerhard von Mastricht, of Duisburg; Thomas von Wylich, and John Lebrunn, of Wesel. Benjamin Furly, of Rotterdam; Philip Fort, of London. These persons will attend to and care for all letters and papers for our colony, and will also assist and give advice to all such as desire to emigrate, if such applicants be of good moral character and standing, and their motives and intentions for emigrating are honest and good. In Pennsylvania the whole direction and management of the colony has been intrusted to my humble abilities, for the time being; and may the Almighty give me the prop
Von Rodeck (search for this): entry pastorius-francis-daniel
the New World was a rising young lawyer, Francis Daniel Pastorius, son of Judge Pastorius, of Windsheim, who studied law at Strasburg, Basle, and Jena, and at Ratisbon, and received the degree of Doctor of Law, at Nuremberg, in 1676. In 1679 he became deeply interested in the teachings of Dr. Spener. In 1680-81 he travelled in France, England, Ireland, and Italy with his friend Herr von Rodeck. I was, he says, glad to enjoy again the company of my Christian friends rather than be with Von Rodeck, feasting and dancing. In 1683, in company with a small number of German Friends, he emigrated to America, settling upon the Frankfort Company's tract. The township was divided into four hamlets—namely, Germantown, Krisheim, Crefield, and Sommerhausen. He united with the Society of Friends, and became the recognized head and lawgiver of the settlement. He married, two years after his arrival, Anneke, daughter of Dr. Klosterman, of Muhlheim. In the year 1688 he drew up a memorial aga
Daniel Behagel (search for this): entry pastorius-francis-daniel
fied to the salvation of their souls. The ministers here might have an excellent opportunity to obey and practise the command of the Saviour, Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel ; but, unfortunately, they seek more their own comfort and ease than they do the glory of the Redeemer. Of the German Society for the settling in Pennsylvania. The principal participants in this society of ours are the following-named gentlemen: Jacob von De Walle, Dr. John Jacob Schuetz, and Daniel Behagel, all of Franckfort-on-the-Mayne. Gerhard von Mastricht, of Duisburg; Thomas von Wylich, and John Lebrunn, of Wesel. Benjamin Furly, of Rotterdam; Philip Fort, of London. These persons will attend to and care for all letters and papers for our colony, and will also assist and give advice to all such as desire to emigrate, if such applicants be of good moral character and standing, and their motives and intentions for emigrating are honest and good. In Pennsylvania the whole di
Jacob Von De Walle (search for this): entry pastorius-francis-daniel
ving God, in which true believers might be edified to the salvation of their souls. The ministers here might have an excellent opportunity to obey and practise the command of the Saviour, Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel ; but, unfortunately, they seek more their own comfort and ease than they do the glory of the Redeemer. Of the German Society for the settling in Pennsylvania. The principal participants in this society of ours are the following-named gentlemen: Jacob von De Walle, Dr. John Jacob Schuetz, and Daniel Behagel, all of Franckfort-on-the-Mayne. Gerhard von Mastricht, of Duisburg; Thomas von Wylich, and John Lebrunn, of Wesel. Benjamin Furly, of Rotterdam; Philip Fort, of London. These persons will attend to and care for all letters and papers for our colony, and will also assist and give advice to all such as desire to emigrate, if such applicants be of good moral character and standing, and their motives and intentions for emigrating are ho
Lewis H. Weiss (search for this): entry pastorius-francis-daniel
Pastorius, Francis Daniel -1681 Author of A Particular Geographical Description of the Lately Discovered Province of Pennsylvania situated on the Frontiers of this Western World, America. Published in Frankfort and Leipzig in 1700; translated from the original German by Lewis H. Weiss. John G. Whittier, in an introductory note to his poem, The Pennsylvania Pilgrim, wrote: The beginning of German emigration to America may be traced to the personal influence of William Penn, who in 1677 visited the Continent, and made the acquaintance of an intelligent and highly cultivated circle of Pietists, or Mystics, who, reviving in the seventeenth century the spiritual faith and worship of Tauler and the Friends of God in the fourteenth, gathered about the pastor Spener, and the young and beautiful Eleonora Johanna von Merlau. In this circle originated the Frankfort Land Company, which bought of William Penn, the governor of Pennsylvania, a tract of land near the new city of Philad
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