Samuel Urlsperger papers, before 1968

Summary

Creator:
Urlsperger, Samuel, 1685-1772 and Jones, George Fenwick, 1916-2010
Date:
before 1968
Extent:
1 Linear Feet (2 document boxes, 1 half box)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Samuel Urlsperger papers, ms739, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of an incomplete typescript of volume I (1733-34) of Detailed Reports on the Salzburger Emigrants Who Settled in America published by the University of Georgia Press in 1968. The book was translated by Hermann J. Lacher and edited with an introduction by George Fenwick Jones. This publication is number nine of the Wormsloe Foundation Publications.

Biographical / historical:

Reverend Samuel Urlsperger, Pastor of St Anna's Lutheran Church in Augsburg, Germany, working through the Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge in England, made arrangements for the group of Salzburgers to travel to Georgia.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

Samuel Urlsperger papers, ms739, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.