George Flohr* to Solomon Henkel, 1807/1823

Containers:

Box Box 1

Scope and content:

difficulties in attending the Special Conference in New Market because of distance and pastoral duties (1807 Sep 12); a list of officers, Lutheran and Reformed, and the location of churches in Wythe, Montgomery, and Greenbriar Counties (1809 Oct 18); receipt of catechisms and their success as a teaching tool (1809 Oct); detailed and lengthy manuscript of a Lutheran Catechism, and its differences with Reformed beliefs (1810 Dec 22); explanation and commentary re Catechism (1811 Feb 16); suggestions re the new Lutheran Catechism (1811 Jul 30); urgent request for more English Catechisms, saying more than 200 could be sold, if available, and interest in applying for Pastor Carpenter's job in Madison County (1814 Apr 14); request for more English Catechisms (1819 Sep 14); account of books (1820 Feb 5); requests more first edition catechisms, recommends the bank notes from the Union Bank of Alexandria or the North Carolina Treasury bills for paying notes (1820 Apr 1); requests clarification of his account (1820 Jun 24); requests for more catechisms, concern with his book account and mention of the South Carolina State Bank (1821 Sep 1; 1822 Jun 3 Aug 4; & Dec 18); warning about a so-called preacher by the name of Miller, known for his drinking and carousing, [who ?] will be in New Market soon and will want to buy a horse to ride back to Pennsylvania (1823 Jan 24).

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