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by Daniel Falckner (Author), Julius F. Sachse (Commentaries by), Julius F. Sachse (Translator)
Reprint of a 1905 English translation of Daniel Falckner's Curieuse Nachricht von Pensylvania (1702). Includes the original German text on facing pages, and annotations comparing that text to a manuscript version.
Author Biography
Daniel Falckner (b. 1666) first arrived in Pennsylvania in 1694. He returned to Europe four years later as a representative of the Pietist community in America and there wrote his Curieuse Nachricht, which became widely known among prospective emigrants to Pennsylvania.
Julius F. Sachse (1842-1919) was a Philadelphia native, historian, author, and amateur photographer devoted to the study and documentation of Pennsylvania's history. He is known for his work on the Ephrata Cloister, Pennsylvania Germans, and Freemasonry, and for his photographic documentation of Philadelphia's disappearing historic landmarks.