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Excerpt from Count Zinzendorf: And the Moravian and Indian Occupancy of the Wyoming Valley, (Pa);, 1742-1763
The Moravians settled in what was then called the Forks of the Delaware (the present Lehigh being then considered a branch Of the Delaware), and founded Bethlehem and Nazareth. Bethlehem received its name on Christmas Eve, 1741, at the hands of the distinguished Moravian leader, Count Nicholas Louis von Zinzendorf,2 then on a visit to America from Saxony. The pious nobleman was at this time forty-two years of age. Bethlehem has ever Since been the seat of the Moravian Church in America.
The histories say that Count Zinzendorf was the first white man to look upon Wyoming, but this is an error. The region had been penetrated by traders and probably by French explorers more than a century earlier.
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The Moravians settled in what was then called the Forks of the Delaware (the present Lehigh being then considered a branch Of the Delaware), and founded Bethlehem and Nazareth. Bethlehem received its name on Christmas Eve, 1741, at the hands of the distinguished Moravian leader, Count Nicholas Louis von Zinzendorf,2 then on a visit to America from Saxony. The pious nobleman was at this time forty-two years of age. Bethlehem has ever Since been the seat of the Moravian Church in America.
The histories say that Count Zinzendorf was the first white man to look upon Wyoming, but this is an error. The region had been penetrated by traders and probably by French explorers more than a century earlier.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Language - English
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Frederick C. Johnson
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ISBN - 9781527956872
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.4 cm
Page Count - 72
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Frederick C. Johnson
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ISBN - 9781332117253
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.4 cm
Page Count - 74
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