The Wissahickon

Name/Title

The Wissahickon

Entry/Object ID

2013.34.5.20

Description

The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 5 -The Wissahickon Page 20 contains Jellett's notes which have been transcribed as follows: "Monastery October 17, 1793 Eleven persons, men and women, were this morning baptized, or dipped, in a creek about 1 1/2 miles from this place. They are of the ?? of Dunkers; they differ from ye Anabaptists who are laid in ye water on their backs; these kneel in ye water and are dipped faces downward, as I am informed. Eliz. Drinker's Journal"

Collection

GHS Scrapbook Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1890 - 1910