The journals of Christian Daniel Claus and Conrad Weiser
Subtitle: a journey to Onondaga, 1750
By: translated and edited by Helga Doblin and William A. Starna.
Contributors: Weiser, Conrad, 1696-1760.; Doblin, Helga.; Starna, William A.
Series: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society,; v. 84, pt. 2
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Claus, Daniel 1727-1787 -- Diaries.; Weiser, Conrad, 1696-1760 -- Diaries.; New York (State) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.; Pennsylvania -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
Description: Conrad Weiser and Christian Daniel Claus both came from the state of Württemberg in Germany. Weiser arrived in America in 1710 and Claus in 1749. Conrad Weiser, experienced Indian agent, was asked to go to Onondaga to invite Iroquois representatives to a council at Fredericksburg. "Weiser and Claus's journey would take them from Tulpehocken and Reading, northwest to the Delaware, where they followed the Shawangunk mountains into northern New Jersey, entering the Hudson Valley near Kingston. From here they proceeded north to Albany, and then west into the Mohawk Valley to Onondaga. They returned through the Schoharie Valley, traveling overland to Catskill and then south along the Hudson and the Delaware and home"--Intro.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-61) and index.
Translated from German.