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This volume contains the journals of four Moravians who traveled to and lived in the colony of Georgia between 1734 and 1737. The journals describe the passage to Georgia, life in early Georgia, and Moravian religious practices, and suggested reasons for the eventual abandonment of the Georgia Moravian settlement.
List of contents
Introduction
Georgia Moravian Timeline
List of Settlers
Profiles of the Moravian Journal Authors
Profiles of the Moravian Settlers
Maps
Chapter 1-Journal of August Gottlieb Spangenberg, December 28, 1734 - January 26, 1735 and January 12 - March 16, 1736 (with reminiscences back to the summer of 1735)
Chapter 2-Journal of David Nitschmann (Bishop), August 8, 1735 - February 17, 1736
Chapter 3-Journal of Johann Töltschig, April 1, 1736 - October 16, 1737
Chapter 4-Journal of Andreas Dober, August 5, 1735 - February 22, 1736 and December 2, 1736 - March 6, 1737
Appendix A: "'We Have Come to Georgia With Pure Intentions': Moravian Bishop August Gottlieb Spangenberg's Letters From Savannah, 1735." Translated and edited by George Fenwick Jones and Paul Martin Peucker. Georgia Historical Quarterly 82, no. 1 (1998): 84-120.
Appendix B: Catalogue of Alternate Spellings of Names and Terms Contained in the Moravian Journals
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Edited by Achim Kopp and John Thomas Scott
