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•Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823. (1)
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•Missionaries -- United States -- Diaries. (1)
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•United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848. (1)
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1Title:  Diary     
 Creator:  Anonymous 
 Dates:  1822-1859 
 Abstract:  The collection consists of a diary of an anonymous resident of Edinburgh, Portage County, Ohio, who spent much time in Canfield. Contains mostly meteorological data, with mentions of trips from Cleveland to the Ohio River (1823-25), to Newcastle, Pennsylvania (1826), and to Columbus, Ohio (1831 and 1832). 
 Call #:  MS 1732 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Meteorology -- Ohio -- Observations. | Portage County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Canfield (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Ohio -- Description and travel. | Pennsylvania -- Description and travel.
 
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2Title:  John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder Diaries     
 Creator:  Heckewelder, John gottlieb Ernestus 
 Dates:  1786-1789 
 Abstract:  John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder (1743-1823) was a Moravian missionary who worked to Christianize Indians in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Heckewelder, David Zeisberger, and Christian Delaware Indians migrated from Pennsylvania to the Ohio territory and laid out Schoenbrunn ("Beautiful Spring") in 1772 along the Tuscarawas River. They also founded Gnadenhutten ("Tents of Grace") further downstream, where nearly 100 Christian Indians were murdered by whites in 1782. The collection consists of a diary kept while journeying with Sarah and Anna Heckewelder from the "Cayahoga river" to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, October 5-Nov.ember 15, 1786; diary kept while journeying with Abraham Steiner from Bethlehem to Pettiquotting near the Huron River and Lake Erie, and back to Bethlehem, April 17-June 20, 1789; and a church history of the Moravians, undated. 
 Call #:  MS 0813 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823. | Moravians -- Ohio. | Missionaries -- United States -- Diaries. | Travelers -- United States -- Diaries. | Moravian Church -- United States -- History. | Ohio -- Description and travel. | Pennsylvania -- Description and travel. | United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848.
 
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