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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Notes and Facsimile of 'Pastorus' Address to Posterity and the Protest of German Quakers Against Slavery (1688)' |
| Date | 1897 |
| Document Type | Manuscript; Ephemera |
| Reference | MSS 81, Folder 11 |
| Library / Archive | Historical Society of Pennsylvania |
| Collection Name | Rudolf Cronau Papers, 1858-1930 |
| Description | Includes a facsimile in Latin and a translation in English along with handwritten notes. There is also a list of the letters contained in the Cronau Papers collection. |
| Series Description | The collection is an assemblage of autographs and autograph letters, some accompanied by biographical information, primarily of German Americans. Most were collected by Cronau on his travels in the American West. Also present are a passport for Cronau and watercolor paintings by the German biologist Ernst Haeckel. Addendum, raf 07/05/05: These additions consist of two small drawings made by Big Man and One Bull and presented to Cronau during his stay at Fort Rand, South Dakota, October 1881. Each depicts two men on horseback seen in profile drawn in pencil with red accents. |
| Biographical Note / History | Cronau was born in Solingen, Prussia in 1855 and came to the United States in 1880, settling in Phillips Manor, New York. He was a reporter, writer, traveler, and lecturer. |
| Theme(s) | Religion, Ethnic Identity and Community Relations |
| Nationality | German |
| People | Cronau, Rudolf; Learned, Marion Dexter; Pastorius, Fracis Daniel; Seidensticker, Professor Dr Oswald; Whittier, John Greenleaf |
| Keywords | translation, slavery, religion, Quaker, literature |
| Additional Information | Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania catalogue. |
| Language | Latin; English |
| Document(s) linked to |
Copies of Ernest Haeckel Sketches |
| Copyright | Historical Society of Pennsylvania |
