Lewis Markert* to Solomon Henkel, 1808/1813

Containers:

Box Box 1

Scope and content:

request for books, especially the new ABC book (1808 Apr 9); note that the ABC books are selling well, request's Helmuth's Spelling Book and medical advice (1809 Apr 23); list of subcribers for 170 Song Books (1809 Dec 16); two pages of brief Biblical interpretations, and more subscribers for Song Books (1810 Feb 10); request that Paul Henkel come to North Carolina to help Pastor Schober with difficulties in his congregation (1810 Sep 5); demand for the Song Book and ABC books, intention of traveling to Kentucky and Ohio and visiting New Market on his return, and his work on a Children's Book (1811 Mar 27); description of trip to Ohio, his travels through Tennessee and Kentucky, the great influx of Baptists in Ohio, the need for both German and English Catechisms, Song Books, and ABC books, and the need for Paul Henkel in Ohio (1811 Aug 27); his return from Ohio, translation work on "Ein Briefwechsel die Methodisten betreffend" (1811 Dec 16); need for more books translated into English, plans another trip with Paul Henkel to Ohio, and worries re the War and conscription (1812 Jun 13); and his desire to travel but not teach school children, difficulties in North Carolina re the Song Books and Catechism, hints of a split among congregations (1813 Jan 4)

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