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if) PUc, some shillings in a specific value. However' the pa-
pars, which are necessary, to set the things in order. have been lost.

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out ~.1lary 6th 1790. --- 2, Regarding the piece of road through Old Nazaret
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oyer' the ~bristian Spr'lng mill-dam over here, the brethren have no obj eo
tions to lllak.e.
JanjJary 13th li29~_§5j,h Sessi~-.::::::l3r'. Schropp announced that tLe E. C,
Lad asked the Over-Seer COlJllllittee, who 011all he appointed for the INN in
the place of' Brothd' and sister Owen Rice. Br, Stotz, who was present,
was appointed as Landlord fox the Inn, and nobody bad any ob'jectlons,

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of, 4. Er, bchropp presented to the GO[{lllllttee & sketch of the intented bull.-
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The brethr(~n thOHC,ht, that
account of plE.cntation-work, it would ne high time, to put somebody in
Do Brunnex,ts place, i'or if it would last too long, mor-e dEunage for the
Diaconie weD al'lS6&
cob Schnall :t'roHl Bethletem bB.8 ti.:::.ken the place 0 f H ~ :Urunner He p:r'oposed.,
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of the G,ne. of t118/YC2,;(', 8bould be rc'leac·cd :frol1l tr.)0 pa:y",

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mitt ment on aCCOullt of bj.B expensive well~
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Minthl tbin year, a.nd tha.t the conference will now be a:cr'ane:ed eU1BW 0
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1(> JO;J.annes j:;"ch:copp, berv[tnt of the coneX'cgatlon and Curator of the v'li
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3.William Li Dter, ChoiI'-nervEmt 0 f the :31nele BrethI'eJ1 in Nazareth;
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Minutes of the Over_Seer Committee of the conp:regation in Lazareth, com-
menced in March 11 t.!L1188 •
!!M",a",r~c<=hL.!2::.:4::!:.t",h~1:..L79~0~''-:;':'::'''.J7.::.4!Jt<=t",-1. ..;b:;:.'e :::.s=s",i,,"o,-,n..!•:. -:;.--1. Br. b c hro p p re po r ted, t ha t Br . J-a-
cob Schnall from Bethlehem has taken the place of H. Brunner. He proposed,

h. because Brunner's sowing looks bad, the same should be counted ror the
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of, 8. The brethren had been r-eminded, that thiS meeting will be the last one
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1. Ex-officio:
1. Johannes bchropp, Servant of the congregation and Curator of the wi
dows;
2. J<i>A~nfies Bonn, Warden of ehristian Spring;
3.William Lister, Choir-servant of the Single Brethren in Nazareth;
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L~i1 Ch:clBtian Fr., Steinmann Warden in Gnadenthal;
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5. Jacob Christ, Curator of the Single SlstersG

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v May 12th 1720. -- 5th,~sien, --1. Br. i:>chrepp announced, tLat Br. Nathan
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hA Clewel, a cs,l'twright, would like to buy the house of Bluhm in Schoeneck.
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the5 Gmneln-Diaconie may
his house and land 180
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7. By oonsidering the building of an fire-engine-house, several diffioul
ties WEH'"" met. with, espeoially on aooount of the lack of materials. There~"
fore the building of it was deferred t.il1 next spring, In order to gs,in
t. Ime foX' get ting s,11 the neoes sary materials res,ciy. One bad not. reoeived
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Minutes qf j:,he, TIUHD Over-5 eer Committee of_ the congregatiojl in Nazareth,
commenced in April 15th 1790.
neViS, whether and when the fire-englne wlll alTive. But the cistern shall
be commenced, and Br. Jacob Christ wa13 commissioned with the digging of
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of to 1"1:;%, and/LlJe other' 200 pound13 will be paid int(Jl'cet, 5 %. wLich will

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o bchmick/ from .uethLtd'lGill to con t inucGu) sadeH er-pro 1e ;;ion
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for 5 }~ intc-n-'cst, an.d 2 esch lCO pounOs on annu.1.ty ;-'0[' 7 :_~ 7~, 80 that
accepts
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the S~P~G~/one of' tbem fOl' 7& ar1d the Gcmein-Diaconie fOI" the
Indemiliified for it. One tond of them shall be assessedo
bends fj/J"J uc)en drE: n LeIc for Brother and Si.ster Schloesser on June 10th,
according to the lact Session. Thoir house ha.s been taken ove.( by the
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houco into Sister Deaiing's houce,
July 21El.i 1790. -- 14th Bession_, -- Some brethren reported, that they
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had. Eleen a nice plantation near the Steiner's plantafl.on, where without
much damage to the forest, a fine plantation can be cultivated. 'I'he hre-
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i!Yntttes of the THIRD Over-Seer Committee of'," th~Qngr'ega,tion in Na~areth>
.....£Q.lllIl!enced in April 15t,h 1190.
brethren want to see, if they can find a trustworthy man, who could take

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Se121ember, l.2.1h 1'72Q-!--.:::.=--!~(.:Jld .ee88i~,::..:: .. _.. 3 it Br ~ X()UYl5be1'b V:i'B-S oblie.:.ed,
1.10\.1 only' as LU' ___ .1'charl'L, ,a u t- 2," 1 f':;'O i:H;::, Dr'. 'D-' .c...... ";}'1J~; ;:el f., aBbistant, to cpeaL td)out
v~:.' >) '1,\0(..'. ·tv· -L "r-c', .1\". .» ";" .'j".1- '.: 1_0 '1'\ r<. 'q-, t).~~ '8r 'i/auld bave bec!l1 heard fl'om 6.Ylotber brotl-)er b It
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CCXClcerns the reta;Ll-tx'ade, 'wLl ch is e;g1nints igl'ound hel'8 in t .. ]]e village"
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of te sueh the case, but he had had 2 barl'ih, of PotaSh for Dieter', but had 13
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onmi the same potash/x]) a J'ohn DaviS lnJyoJl11.ne; by J'. Bleiler to Ehlladelphla,
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nslgin and had used the above mentloLcd Vlords onlJ 8.B aX1 excuse .. _ .... _- The COlmllit<-",~
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tee was then in another session considerinG, w}]&'L could be done fOI' Bro0
neller, to hc:lp h1m out froIH h:),8 t:couble$ brj) 'Young'berES wade the pr'oposa(/!,
that wlwn .Gr. Beutel would supply hi.m annually witb at least 8 l)arle1s of
potash at the right time, he would try to payoff Beutel's intelest, when