Paul Henkel Papers 1754-1825

Manuscripts Collection

Sheila Joy December 2015

Seminary Archives A.R. Wentz Library United Lutheran Seminary Gettysburg + Philadelphia 66 Seminary Ridge Gettysburg, PA 17325 717-339-1317

CONTENTS

SUMMARY INFORMATION 3 BIGRAPHICAL INFORMATION 3 SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE 3 RESTRICTIONS 4 REPRODUCTION 4 CONTAINER LIST 4-5

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SUMMARY INFORMATION

Repository: Seminary Archives, A.R. Wentz Library, United Lutheran Seminary, Gettysburg, PA

Creator: Sheila Joy

Date: 2000-2017

Language: English

Extent: The total extent of the collection is 0.83 feet (2 boxes).

Accruals: No further accruals are expected.

Custodial History: This collection was received by Seminary Archives as a records transfer.

Preferred Citation: Paul Henkel Papers, Seminary Archives, United Lutheran Seminary, Gettysburg, PA.

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Rev. Paul Henkel was born on December 15, 1754 in Rowan County, and died on November 27, 1825. He was the son of Jacob Henkle and Barbara Dieter (Teter). His father was the son of Justus Henkle, whose father, Anthony Jacob Henkel was an Evangelical Lutheran Minister in the neighborhood of Frankfurt-on-the-Rhine. In 1760 his family moved northward, settling in present day Petersburg, West . He married Elizabeth Nagley on November 20th, 1776.

Henkel was a Lutheran clergyman and was active in organizing the North Carolina synod. He served in Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, , , , and .

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection contains the manuscripts of Rev. Paul Henkel. It includes a German Bible that is believed to have been used by Henkel while serving near Broad Run/New Haven, ; transcription copies of Rev. Anthony Jacob Henkle’s activity in Germany; diary and journal entries detailing travel; daybooks; poems, prayers, and hymns; and Henkel’s handwritten autobiography. The majority of the materials are in German, some translated, and few in English.

The records are arranged in the order 2 boxes, a total of 22 folders. The Bible is not in a folder.

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RESTRICTIONS

This collection is open for research.

REPRODUCTION

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured by the Seminary Archives. Contact the archivist for more information.

CONTAINER LIST

Box Folder 1 1 Indexes (Box 1 and 2) Undated 1 2 Donor Correspondence 1959-60 Transcription copies of Rev. Anthony Jacob 1988 Henkle’s (Paul Henkle’s great-grandfather) 1703?, 1714, 1717 activity in Neckargemund, Germany (German and English translations) 1 3 German Bible c. 1816 1 4 Translator Correspondence 1995 Diary July-October, 1800 Book of Poems 1810 1 5 Journal January 1, 1804- July, 1805 1 6 Woodstock October 6-7, 1805 1 7 Reise nach Ohio (photocopy) 1806

Box Folder 2 1 Journal (Journey to North Carolina) October 8, 1806- December 12, 1806 2 2 Journal (Journey through Augusta and April 2-15, 1807 Rockingham counties, Virginia, to Campbell and July 6-October 10, Amherst Counties, North Carolina 1807 Journal (Journey to North Carolina) 2 3 Journal (Trip to Ohio) June 14, 1808-August 3, 1808 2 4 Index (Box 2) Undated 2 5 Manuscript of a Catechism and a Hymn 1801, undated 2 6 Two Manuscript Hymns 1818 2 7 “Paul Henkel, the Lutheran Pioneer” by Rev. W.J. Undated Finck, D.D. (Typewritten copy) August 21-November 4

“Abstract of the Travel Report of the Mr. I. Paul 13, 1810 Henkel” (Copy) Undated “Address to the Assembled Members of the German Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in Pennsylvania and Neighboring States” (Copy) 2 8 Autobiography c. 1800-1802 2 9 Daybook 1783-1796 2 10 Daybook 1781-83, 1798 2 11 Daybook (Journey to Reedy Creek, North 1785-1799 Carolina 2 12 Journals 1789-1800 2 13 Journal 1799-1803, 1784, 1806, 1824 2 13 Journal 1800-1804 2 14 Journal 1782, 1754, 1783-85 2 15 Journal (Journey to North Carolina, photocopy) 1806 Manuscript (photocopy) Undated 2 16 Prayers and Hymns (English) Undated 2 17 Miscellaneous 1992, undated

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