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The Francis Daniel Pastorius Reader: Writings by an Early American Polymath

The Francis Daniel Pastorius Reader: Writings by an Early American Polymath

Erben, Patrick
Brophy, Alfred
Lambert, Margo

Hardcover

Series: Max Kade Research Institute

Biographies GeneralLetters & EssaysColonial Period (1600-1775)

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ISBN10: 027108328X
ISBN13: 9780271083285
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Pages: 480
Weight: 2.35
Height: 1.30 Width: 7.30 Depth: 10.20
Language: English

Francis Daniel Pastorius was one of the first German settlers to Pennsylvania and a touchstone figure of German-American cultural heritage. This monumental anthology presents a selection of his many writings in one volume.

Pastorius sailed to North America as a Pietist but found a unique home among the Quakers in Pennsylvania. Within this early modern religious context, he was a lawyer, educator, and community leader; a polymath; and a prolific writer and collector of knowledge. At the turn of the eighteenth century, Pastorius held one of the largest manuscript collections in North America and wrote voluminously in multiple languages. His collecting, curation, and dissemination represents a unique look at the ways information was stored, processed, and utilized during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in both North America and Europe. This rich selection of Pastorius's writings on religion, education, gardening, law and community, and the colony of Pennsylvania--as well as letters, poems, and numerous encyclopedic and bibliographic works--shows the mind of a true humanist in action.

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