The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . ded, spun and woven by the Germans inEastern Pennsylvania even before the seventeenth centuryhad passed. These woollen fabrics were known by thename of druggets, crapes, camblets and serges. Thus it was that Conrad Beissel acted upon the adviceof the Magnus on the Wissahickon, and the German bakerindentured himself for the term of a year to one PeterBecker, a master-weaver of Germantown. What were theresults from the intercourse of these two men, both ofwhom were destined to becom
The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . ded, spun and woven by the Germans inEastern Pennsylvania even before the seventeenth centuryhad passed. These woollen fabrics were known by thename of druggets, crapes, camblets and serges. Thus it was that Conrad Beissel acted upon the adviceof the Magnus on the Wissahickon, and the German bakerindentured himself for the term of a year to one PeterBecker, a master-weaver of Germantown. What were theresults from the intercourse of these two men, both ofwhom were destined to become religious leaders amongthe German settlers in the Province, will be shown in thesubsequent chapters. It will there be seen how, while oneof them laid the foundation of the German Baptist Breth-ren or Dunkards,—one of the most widely diffused andrespected Christian denominations in America,—the otherestablished a successful theosophical community on the Co-calico which flourished for many years, and whose legendsand records gave the incentive to prepare these pages. The German Sectarians of CHAPTER WEAVERS APPRENTICE.
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