Der Ausfuhrlichen Nachrichten Von Der Koniglich-Gross- Britannischen Colonie Saltzburgischer Emigrantent in America. Erster Thiel.
Halle: 1736-1741.
Vellum. Thick quarto. Volume consists of 7 separate parts. Titles are not fully translated. No illustrations. Vellum bound. Front hinge is weak. Light brown and red stain spots to boards and spine. No title labels. Pages are lightly to moderately toned. No writing inside.
First part with the above printed title was printed in Halle, 1741: [14]pp, 242 pages.
Second part, refers to Salzburger Emigration in America (title not translated here). This short section has 14 pages. It was printed in 1736 in Halle.
The third part is titled "Erste Continuation...." [32]pp, pp.243-574pp. It was printed in 1738 in Halle and consists of several diary entries from 1734 to December 1735, pages 243-468.
2 page advertisement follows page 574 with Savannah, Georgia, and Carolina printed in the text.
The fourth section is titled "Zwete Continuation...": [18]pp, pp. 575- 981pp. This section contains diary entries from January 1736 to December 1736, pages 575 to 800. A table consisting of names appears on page 801.
The fifth section titled "Dritte Continuation..." was printed in Halle 1740: [12]pp, pp.981-1099pp. (and) pp.2000-2072pp. [Note: there is no loss of content. Printer error in page numbering.] Diary entries are recorded from January 1737 to June 1737, pages 982 to 1093.
The sixth section titled "Bierte Continuation..." was printed in Halle, 1740. [12]pp, pp.2073-2312pp. This part contains diary entries from July 1737 to March 1738, pages 2073 to 2261. A list of names are provided on pages 2307 to 2312.
The seventh part titled "Funfte Continuation..." printed in Halle 1740. [28]pp, pp.2313-2598pp.
This title records diary entries from April 1738 to December 1738.
[38] page register in back.
Howes U 27; Sabin 98133; De Renne, pp.57-68. Very good. Item #8645
This book was a historical and promotional guide for the persecuted, displaced group of Protestants from Salzburg, Austria. The Georgia Salzburgers, a group of German speaking Protestant colonists, founded the town of Ebenezer in what is now Effingham County, Georgia. Arriving in 1734, the group received support from King George II of England and the Georgia Trustees after they were expelled from their home in the Catholic principality of Salzburg. In 1731 Count Leopold von Firmian, the Catholic archbishop and prince of independent Salzburg, issued the edict of Expulsion, forcing twenty thousand Protestants from their homes. Pastor Samuel Urlsperger of Augsburg (in present day Germany) requested help from King George II. George, a German Duke and a Lutheran, sympathized with the Salzburgers and offered them a place in his Georgia colony. About 300 Salzburgers, under the leadership of Pastors Johann Martin Boltzius and Israel Gronau, accepted the invitation. The two Lutheran pastor diary's are included in the Samuel Urlsperger's tracts. The first group of Salzburgers sailed from England to Georgia in 1734 where they met James Oglethorpe, the founder of the Georgia colony. Oglethorpe assigned the Salzburgers a location 25 miles up the Savannah River in a low lying area on Ebenezer Creek. Subsequent ships brought the rest of the original exiled Salzburgers. By early 1736 the Salzburgers were given a new site by Oglethorpe on the high bluffs above the Savannah River. The new settlement was called "New Ebenezer." By 1752 the Salzburgers expanded northward and established the Bethany settlement as well as three other minor settlements. The Salzburger community grew to around 1,200 people and covered about twenty-five square miles before the American Revolution.
Price: $2,000.00