The Francis Daniel Pastorius Reader : : Writings by an Early American Polymath / / ed. by Patrick Erben, Alfred Brophy, Margo Lambert.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• HerausgeberIn: Brophy, Alfred,; Erben, Patrick,; Lambert, Margo,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Max Kade Research Institute: Germans Beyond Europe
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (480 p.) :; 10 illustrations

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.Pastorius's works have long been important to the archival study of early German settlement and the Atlantic world. Now available together, transcribed, translated, and annotated, his writings will have widespread significance to the study of early American literature and history.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- How to Use This Book -- Editorial Method -- Biographical Chronology -- Notes -- Introduction: The Lives and Letters of Francis Daniel Pastorius -- Notes -- Part 1: Printed Texts -- Fig. 1 -- 1. Writings on the Founding of Germantown and Descriptions of Early Pennsylvania -- 2. Writings on Religious Controversy -- 3. Writings on Education -- Part 2: Manuscript Texts -- Fig. 2 -- 4. Commonplace, Encyclopedic, and Bibliographic Writings -- 5. Poetry -- 6. Letters and Correspondence -- 7. Practical Advice on Gardening, Agriculture, and Medicine -- 8. Legal and Civic Writings -- List of People and Places -- Bibliography and Further Reading -- Index