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B405 Stand lamp burning linseed oil

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Glossy black and white photograph of an archaeologically excavated oil, or stand lamp manufactured by Moravian Potter Gottfried Aust between 1755 and 1771. The lamp is lit, standing in the lower right corner of the image, sitting on a wrinkled…

B404 Candlestick and pipe from Bethabara

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Glossy black and white photograph with a 3/8" white border on the top, 1/"4 white border on the bottom and right. In the lower right corner of the photograph, there is an archaeologically recovered candlestick and an anthropomorphic fluted style pipe…

B403 Candleholder and kaolin pipe from Bethabara

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Glossy black and white photograph of ceramic candle holder with wax candle, ink vial with quill, paper with wax seals, and a kaolin pipe. The candleholder is an archaeologically recovered object manufactured by Moravian potter Gottfried Aust between…

Aust and Christ Profit Allowances (2 pages)

5-46 1 MC2 Aust and Christ Profit Allowances 1781.pdf
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11 Dec. 1781. "Br. Aust as well as Br. Christ have turned in a list of the piece work, which are almost alike. Both consist in the fact that the journeyman shall get, if he is preparing the clay by himself, for each piece that is sold for…

: Einiger seit 1751 von dem Ordinario Fratrum zu London gehaltenen Predigten : in dreyen Haupt-Abtheilungen.

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Antique, hard bound book of sermons printed by the Moravian Church in 1756. Book is three-quarters bound in leather and brown paper. The majority of the paper cover is gone, but the leather is about seventy-five percent intact. The pages are intact,…

Camlung der Loosungs und LertBüchlein der BrüderGemeine. Brieter Band.

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Hard, leather bound collection of Moravian sermons from 1756 – 1761. Leather shows some wear on front and back covers. Spine is worn, back cover is almost completely detatched, it is in a very delicate state. A red band on the pine with gold figured…

Letter, South to Creech 2/12/68

MC2 South to Creech 6-6 1.pdf
Two-page letter type-written by Stanley South and addressed to Miss Mary Creech. Letter is in reference to the pump stock recovered from the 1807 well (B40 D)behind the 1788 Gemeinhaus, which was stolen from the 1830's Log House. The letter is a…

Letter, South to Stockton 3/27/64

MC2 South to Stockton 6-45 003.pdf
Copy of a type-written letter from Stanley South to E. L. Stockton regarding the excavations at Bethabara. Tailor shop,, artifacts, and purchase procedures are discussed. Letter is on yellow carbon transfer paper, measuring 11" x 8 1/2". Three holes…

Letter, South to Stockton 5/29/64

MC2 South to Stockton 6-45 007.pdf
Copy of a type-written letter from Stanley South to E. L. Stockton regarding the excavations at Bethabara. Items discussed include the bell house, artifacts, future plans, vacation, and John Miller (SSMC 6-60 004). Letter is on yellow carbon…