The Moravian Journals of Georgia, 1734-1737: From Herrnhut to Savannah contains the translated journals of four Moravians who traveled to and lived in the British colony of Georgia between 1734 and 1737. Three of the journal authors were leading figures in the Moravian Church either at the time or in later years: August Gottlieb Spangenberg, David Nitschmann, (Bishop), and Johann Toeltschig. The fourth journal author, Andreas Dober, was the brother of a Moravian church leader and himself circulated amongst the leadership of the Moravians for most of his life. The journals contain a myriad of information and perspectives on a variety of topics: early Georgia history; Moravian theology and practices; European riparian and transatlantic travel; landscape and geographical descriptions of the Georgia colony; linguistic information about eighteenth-century German word usages, syntax, and spellings, as well as German to English phonetics; and the experiences of other leading transatlantic figures of the era, including James Edward Oglethorpe and John and Charles Wesley. The edition includes a brief introduction explaining the context of the expedition, short profiles of each of the settlers, longer profiles of the four journal authors, and annotations, maps, and other elements to enhance the reader's understanding of the journals.
Achim Kopp is professor of foreign languages and literatures and associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Mercer University. John Thomas Scott is professor of history and chair of the History Department at Mercer University.
Introduction Georgia Moravian Timeline List of Settlers Profiles of the Moravian Journal Authors Profiles of the Moravian Settlers Maps Chapter 1-Journal of August Gottlieb Spangenberg, December 28, 1734 - January 26, 1735 and January 12 - March 16, 1736 (with reminiscences back to the summer of 1735) Chapter 2-Journal of David Nitschmann (Bishop), August 8, 1735 - February 17, 1736 Chapter 3-Journal of Johann Toeltschig, April 1, 1736 - October 16, 1737 Chapter 4-Journal of Andreas Dober, August 5, 1735 - February 22, 1736 and December 2, 1736 - March 6, 1737 Appendix A: "'We Have Come to Georgia With Pure Intentions': Moravian Bishop August Gottlieb Spangenberg's Letters From Savannah, 1735." Translated and edited by George Fenwick Jones and Paul Martin Peucker. Georgia Historical Quarterly 82, no. 1 (1998): 84-120. Appendix B: Catalogue of Alternate Spellings of Names and Terms Contained in the Moravian Journals
