Samuel Urlsperger papers
Descriptive Summary | |
| Repository: | Hargrett Manuscripts |
| Creator: | Jones, George Fenwick, 1916- |
| Creator: | Lacher, Herman J. |
| Creator: | Urlsperger, Samuel, 1685-1772 |
| Title: | Samuel Urlsperger papers |
| Dates: | before 1968 |
| Quantity: | 1.0 Linear feet (2 document boxes, 1 half box) |
| Abstract: | The collection consists of an incomplete typescript of volume I (1733-34) of Detailed Reports on the Salzburger Emigrants Who Settled in America, published by the University of Georgia Press in 1968. The book was translated by Hermann J. Lacher and edited with an introduction by George Fenwick Jones. This publication is number nine of the Wormsloe Foundation Publications. |
| Coll. Number: | ms739 |
Biographical/Historical Note
Reverend Samuel Urlsperger, Pastor of St Anna's Lutheran Church in Augsburg, Germany, working through the "Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge" in England, made arrangements for the group of Salzburgers to travel to Georgia. Georgia Salzburger Society http://www.georgiasalzburgers.com (Viewed Dec. 3, 2008)
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General Notes
Published edition is available at the University of Georgia Main Library.
Administrative Information
Samuel Urlsperger papers. MS 739. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.