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The Christopher Sauer, Jr. Diary and Account Book

The Christopher Sauer, Jr. Diary and Account Book
Transcription and Translation of the Christopher Sauer, Jr. Diary and Account Book
MLA citation style
C. Sauer. The Christopher Sauer, Jr. Diary And Account Book. no date. 1721.
APA citation style
Sauer, C. (1721). The Christopher Sauer, Jr. Diary and Account Book. Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A257738
Chicago citation style
Christopher Sauer. “The Christopher Sauer, Jr. Diary And Account Book”, Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center - The Christopher Sauer, Jr. Diary and Account Book, 1721. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A257738.
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Title

The Christopher Sauer, Jr. Diary and Account Book

Subject

Sauer, Christopher, Jr., 1721-1784
Church of the Brethren--Genealogy--18th Century
Printing--Pennsylvania--18th Century
Pennsylvania--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Germans--Pennsylvania.

Description

The manuscript diary was recorded by the Germantown printer and Church of the Brethren pastor, Christopher Sauer, Jr. (1721-1784). Written in German script (Kurrent), the diary, although short, contains a wealth of genealogical information on the early Church of the Brethren in Pennsylvania, as well as important personal information about Sauer, Jr., including accounts concerning his printing business and a short entry regarding his being brought to a provisional continental court on suspicion of being a spy for England during the American Revolution. In the words of the late Brethren scholar, Dr. Donald Durnbaugh of Juniata College: “in his [Sauer’s] diary are included brief sketches of his life history and that of his family. Though terse, they are informative.” Dr. Durnbaugh published some of the diary in his 1967 book, The Brethren in Colonial America, but the Heritage Center’s digitization of the manuscript as well as a parallel transcription and translation uploaded to the POWER Library will provide a more nuanced understanding of one of colonial Pennsylvania’s important figures.

Creator

Sauer, Christopher, Jr., 1721-1784.

Date

1721-1842

Location Covered

Philadelphia (PA)
Germantown (PA)

Time Period Covered

1721-1842

Type

Text

Original Format

Diaries

Digital Format

application/pdf

Identifier

21 235

Language

German

Provenance

Abraham H. Cassel

Audience

Pennsylvania Germans; Church of the Brethren; Historians of printing in Colonial America

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/

Contact

Hunt Schenkel, Archivist, Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center, 105 Seminary St., Pennsburg, PA 18073, (215) 679-3103, hunt@schwenkfelder.org

Contributing Institution

Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.