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Loskiel, George Henry (1740 in Rinda, Latvia - 23 February 1814 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania). Moravian Brothers."Geschichte der Mission der evangelischen Brüder unter den Indianern in Nordamerika". Barby: Brüdergemeinen and Leipzig: in Commission bei P. G. Kummer, 1789. First edition. 8vo. (16), 783, (1) pp. Paper binding from the time with handwritten title label on the spine.
Three parts in one volume. - George Henry Loskiel was presiding bishop of the northern district of the American province of the Moravian Church (1802?1811). This work is important for the history of Native Americans, translated into English by Christian Ignatius Latrobe (1758-1836) as History of the Moravian Mission among the North American Indians (London, 1794).