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Box 1

 Container

Contains 34 Results:

Series 1: Manuscripts and Printed

 Series — Box: 1
Identifier: id147043
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Correspondence, papers, and ledgers of the Rev. Paul Henkel (1754-1825), who was a Lutheran missionary, and David Henkel, Ambrose Henkel, and Solomon Henkel of New Market, Shenandoah Co., Va. Includes woodcuts and watercolor sketches, Ambrose Henkel's account ledger (1807-1813), notebooks on the study of Hebrew, memorandum book, indentures, certificates, and other. Topics include Lutheranism, printing, Shenandoah County, immigration, merchants, and education. Mss poem with a hand...
Dates: 1783-1874

Manuscripts and Printed Material, 1783-1874

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id147044
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Correspondence, papers, and ledgers of the Rev. Paul Henkel (1754-1825), who was a Lutheran missionary, and David Henkel, Ambrose Henkel, and Solomon Henkel of New Market, Shenandoah Co., Va. Includes woodcuts and watercolor sketches, Ambrose Henkel's account ledger (1807-1813), notebooks on the study of Hebrew, memorandum book, indentures, certificates, and other. Topics include Lutheranism, printing, Shenandoah County, immigration, merchants, and education. Mss poem with a hand...
Dates: 1783-1874

Manuscript and Printed Material, Undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id147061
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Correspondence, papers, and ledgers of the Rev. Paul Henkel (1754-1825), who was a Lutheran missionary, and David Henkel, Ambrose Henkel, and Solomon Henkel of New Market, Shenandoah Co., Va. Includes woodcuts and watercolor sketches, Ambrose Henkel's account ledger (1807-1813), notebooks on the study of Hebrew, memorandum book, indentures, certificates, and other. Topics include Lutheranism, printing, Shenandoah County, immigration, merchants, and education. Mss poem with a hand...
Dates: Undated

German Religious Poem

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id323032
Scope and Contents

A religious poem of eleven couplets or pairs of lines addressed chiefly to children but also to fathers.  Contains words of warning and counsel, "Come, Come! Children be not weary (negligent) Make your decisions while there is time... I wish you all in closing, to walk the right path and wish none anything unpleasant in walking or in seeing".

Dates: 1783-1874

"Ein neu Trauer-Lied" - a new song of mourning., 1783

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id147045
Scope and Contents

How one heard of a man who came back from the dead. The melody begins: "You of sinners come." Rhymed lines in forty-six verses, ending with "printed and published in the year when true repentence was necessary, 1783." 1 p. Broadside. See Medium Oversize File.

Dates: 1783

Indenture between Abraham Savage and Ann, his wife, Shenandoah, Va., and the Reverend Paul Henkel, Newmarket, Va., for five acres of land in Shenandoah County, Va., December 21, 1791

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id147046
Scope and Contents

Signed by Abraham Savage and countersigned by Jacob Rinker. Jr. 1 p. DS. Includes endorsement. See Medium Oversize File.

Dates: December 21, 1791

Translation of a letter from the Rev. Paulus Henkel [1754-1825] to a beloved co-worker., January 8, 1810

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id147047
Scope and Contents

1 p. TCy of ALS. 2 copies. Letter of introduction for Henkel's son, Andrew; tells of the circuit Henkel and his wife made the summer of 1809; and the need was great for religious instruction. (Original in Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri.)

Dates: January 8, 1810

Paulus Henkel, n.p., to the Rev. Frederick Smith, Philadelphia, [Pa.]., February 7, 1810

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id147048
Scope and Contents

In German. 1 p. ALS. Letter of introduction for Henkel's son, Andrew, who wishes to travel to Philadelphia to learn more about painting and making copperplates; tells of the circuit made through North Carolina. There is need for more ministers. Including translation. 2 pp.

Dates: February 7, 1810

Ambrosius Henkel, Baltimore, [Md.], to Andrew Henkel, Chambersburg, Pa., March 4, 1810

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id147049
Scope and Contents

In German. 2 pp. ALS. Refers to employment for Andrwe Henkel; extends invitation to come to Baltimore and gives directions; Ambrosius will wait for him to come before returning to Alexandria, [Va.], and then to NewMarket, [Va.] Including two translations. 3 pp. and 1 p.

Dates: March 4, 1810

Paulus Henkel, n.p., to [?]., October 7, 1813

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id147051
Scope and Contents

In German. 1 p. ALS. Refers to cancellation of Henkel's trip to North Carolina; the recipient's plan to instruct the youth of the Raeder's Church expected to see him upon his return to Millersstadt; asks recipient to send a letter with Ambrosius. Including translation. 1 p.

Dates: October 7, 1813

Alexander Doyle, Mount Pleasant, Shenandoah, Va., to Ambrose Henkel, New Market, Va., July 23, 1821

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id147052
Scope and Contents

1 p. ALS. Offers to sell Henkel some business property in Mount Pleasant; wishes to purchase western land to secure his children's inheritance.

Dates: July 23, 1821

Indenture for sale of land in Mason County, Va., by the Reverend Paul Henkel, New Market, Va., and the Reverend Andrew Henkel of Perry County, Ohio, and their wives, to Doctor Solomon Henkel, New Market, Va., for four hundred fifty nine dollars., May 24, 1824

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id147053
Scope and Contents

Signed by Roswell Mills and A. Eleler. Countersigned by Paul Henkel, Andrew Henkel, Margeret Henkel, and Elizabeth Henkel. Includes endorsements signed and sealed in Perry County, Ohio, and in Shenandoah County, Va. 4 pp. DS.

Dates: May 24, 1824

David Henkel, Lincolnton, N.C., to Solomon Henkel, New Market, Va., March 22, 1826

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id147054
Scope and Contents

In German. L.S. 1 p. Refers to a work Henkel has been writing; discusses the coast and distribution of like tiems. He knows of thousands of Germans for whom English is impossible. Refers to his pamphlet "Heavenly Flood of Regeneration." Including religious notes entitled "Improvement". In English. 1 p.

Dates: March 22, 1826

Cha[rle]s Henkel, Columbus, Ohio, to Ambrose Henkel, New Market, Va., August 12, 1826

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id147056
Scope and Contents

2 pp. ALS. Mentions Ambrose's latest letter.

Dates: August 12, 1826

Confirmation certificate for Eleanora C. Henkel., November 10, 1838

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id147058
Scope and Contents

Signed by Ambrose Henkel. In German. 1 p. D.A. Certificate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rockingham, Va. Includes poem "Was Mein Gatt will"; ("What my God wants").

Dates: November 10, 1838

Invoice of S. Henkel for A. Henkel in account with L.M. Henkel., June 6, 1866 - September 10, 1867

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id147059
Scope and Contents

1 p. DS. Lists account of Luther M. Henkel.

Dates: June 6, 1866 - September 10, 1867

Invoice of S. Henkel, New Market, Va., August 7, 1874

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id147060
Scope and Contents

1 p. D. Lists the items on the account of Mr. D. Coffman.

Dates: August 7, 1874

Notes on Bible passages referring to Baptism., Undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id147062

Paper covers for Doct[or] M[artin] Luther's Smaller Catechism and The Primer of First Book for Children., Undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id147064
Scope and Contents

Printed in S[olomon] Henkel's office. 1 p. PM. (7 items)

Dates: Undated

Two Punch and Judy clowns., Undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id147065
Scope and Contents

Watercolor sketches. (2 items)

Dates: Undated

Woodcut prints of horses., Undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id147066

Watercolor sketches of animals., Undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: id147067