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john adams “propagating the gospel among the Heathen”

ADAMS, JOHN. (1735-1826). Second President of the United States (1797-1801). Very rare Document Signed, “John Adams,” as President, on a land grant. One full page, oblong large quarto. Philadelphia, March 28, 1800. White wafter seal of state affixed at bottom left. Countersigned by Secretary of State, Timothy Pickering. Fragile condition. The document reads in part:

“Know ye, That in pursuance of the act of Congress passed on the first day of June 1796, entitled ‘An Act regulating the grants of Land appropriated for Military services, and for the society of the United Brethren for propagating the gospel among the Heathen’; and of the several acts supplementary thereto passed...there is granted unto Godfrey Haga a certain tract of land estimated to contain three thousand six hundred ninety-four and seven tenths acres...”

After arriving in North America, Godfrey Haga [(1745-1825), German philanthropist] settled in Philadelphia, where he became a merchant, involving himself with the principal mercantile and charitable institutions of the city. Among his various charitable ventures was the above mentioned “United Brethern for propagating the Gospel among the Heathens,” a group founded by the Moravian Church in 1787. With thriving settlements already established in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland (all of which were considered frontier centers for the spread of the Gospel, particularly to Native Americans, upon their foundations earlier in the century) Haga and his fellow Moravians turned their eyes westward. On March 28, 1800, Haga was awarded three large tracts of land in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. These lands, which came to include the townships of Goshen, Clay, and Salem, were, upon Haga’s death, donated to the United Brethern, which had been actively recruiting settlers for these Ohio lands as early as 1804.


john adams “propagating the gospel among the Heathen” ADAMS, JOHN. (1735-1826). Second President of the United States (1797-1801). Very rare Document Signed, “John Adams,” as President, on a land grant. One full page, oblong large quarto. Philadelphia, March 28, 1800. White wafter seal of state affixed at bottom left. Countersigned by Secretary of State, Timothy Pickering. Fragile condition. The document reads in part: “Know ye, That in pursuance of the act of Congress passed on the first day of June 1796, entitled ‘An Act regulating the grants of Land appropriated for Military services, and for the society of the United Brethren for propagating the gospel among the Heathen’; and of the several acts supplementary thereto passed...there is granted unto Godfrey Haga a certain tract of land estimated to contain three thousand six hundred ninety-four and seven tenths acres...” After arriving in North America, Godfrey Haga [(1745-1825), German philanthropist] settled in Philadelphia, where he became a merchant, involving himself with the principal mercantile and charitable institutions of the city. Among his various charitable ventures was the above mentioned “United Brethern for propagating the Gospel among the Heathens,” a group founded by the Moravian Church in 1787. With thriving settlements already established in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland (all of which were considered frontier centers for the spread of the Gospel, particularly to Native Americans, upon their foundations earlier in the century) Haga and his fellow Moravians turned their eyes westward. On March 28, 1800, Haga was awarded three large tracts of land in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. These lands, which came to include the townships of Goshen, Clay, and Salem, were, upon Haga’s death, donated to the United Brethern, which had been actively recruiting settlers for these Ohio lands as early as 1804. For more details or to buy this item, please contact us. SOLD... Please contact us for items similar in quality and content.
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