The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers (1899)
Sachse, Julius Friedrich, 1842-1919 · Philadelphia : Printed for the author · leaf 491
esigned and erected imder the spur of whatevermotive influenced the projectors at the time being, withoutconcern as to what might be the eventual relation of onebuilding to the others. Fortunately for the brotherhood the winter of 1739-40proved to be an exceedingly mild one, no severe storms… … GOVERNOR JOHN PENN, WHO GRANTED THE PATENT TO THE ECKERLINGS. The Great Zionitic Saal. 385 to favor the brotherhood iu their undertaking, and by Christ-mas-day, 1739, the mason work was completed, and the frameof the great structure was raised and pinned in place. Thebrotherhood naturally felt…
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