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Lititz Moravian Hospital Diaries Reveal Revolutionary Era Life
The Lititz Moravian Church community ran farms a store and a sawmill under a central Aufseher Collegium. Diary excerpts recount tea bans camp fever hospital admissions and soldiers quartered in houses with clergy and townspeople aiding the sick and burying the dead, with details of key figures and places tied to the lititz area.
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Lititz
Aufseher Collegium
Alan
Iife
Joseph Sturgis
Collegium
Moravian Church
Aufseher
Abraham R. Beck
John W. Jordan
Carlos I. Landis
Washington
de la Colombe
France
French Republic
Lafayette
Prince of
Canada
Kennedy
Jerseys
Franke and
Becker
Allison
Alec
Committee On
Thia
Rome
East Main Street
Dr. Bender
Bethlehem
Bro
Sekmick
Schmick
Adolph Meyer
Dr. Brown
Littta
Tanneberger
America
Wolfe’s
Main Street
Blickensderfer
Cedar Street
Geitner
Dr. Hertz
Claus Coal
Lancaster
Jaspar Payne
Aliison
Bristol
General Hospital
Hebbi
Nazareth
Shiphen
Shippen