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FormatBook Whole
Author, MonographicDoll, Eugene E.
Title, MonographicThe Ephrata Cloister: An introduction
Place of PublicationEpharata, PA
PublisherEphrata Cloister Associates
Date of Publication1958
AbstractIt was in 1720 that the founder of Epharata, John Conrad Beissel by name, arrived in Germantown as an exile from the Rhenish Palatinate. The little book sketches the history of the foundation of the cloister and background knowledge, the way of life of the sisterhood and brotherhood
Call NumberMKI P93-30
MKI TermsEphrata/ History/ Pennsylvania/ Beissel, Conrad, 1690-1768