Guide to the Prache and Mattern papers, 1668-1795, 1888, undated
Prache and Mattern Papers, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library.
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Hilarius (Hilary) Prache (1614-1679), the son of a minister, his son-in-law John George (Johannes Georg) Mattern, and their families were early members of the Society of Friends (Quakers), founded by George Fox in the mid-17th century. Prache lived in Goldberg, Germany, and, from 1674, Cambridge, England, where he worked as an editor and translator. Mattern lived in Waltham Abbey, England.
37 letters, essays and documents, in German, English or both languages; a few accompanied by modern transcriptions and translations. Most letters are to or from Prache or Mattern. The documents include an inventory of household belongings and a 1795 communication from the Yearly Meeting of Women in England to its sister group in Philadelphia. The essays include "A Testimony and Apology for ye Truth ..." written in German by Johann Georg Mattern with a second title page in English. There are several other 17th-century pieces relating to early Friends, including one signed by Roger Longworth (1640?-1687), though many items in German are untranslated and therefore unidentified.
Photocopies of the Prache and Mattern papers provided for patron use. The collection is also available on microfilm; George J. Mitchell Dept. of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Me.; 1 microfilm reel.
Microfilm of Prache and Mattern Papers (1 reel)
1668 [? month] 22: Als fragment from [?] Watkins
1673 [Apr 7]: Als from Johannes Claus to Hilarius Prache
1673 [Apr 24]: Als from Johannes Claus to Hilarius Prache
1673 [Apr]: Als to Hilarius Prache
1673 [? month] 29: Als from Benjamin [Hurly?]
1673: Als from Johannes Claus to Hilarius Prache
1673: Als from Johannes Claus to Hilarius Prache, with transcription/typescript in English and typescript in German
1674: Als from Johannes Claus to Hilarius Prache
1674: Als from Steven Crisp to Hilarius Prache
1675: Als from Johannes Claus to Hilarius Prache
1675: Als from Johannes Claus to Hilarius Prache
1676: Als to John Mattern
1676: Als from Robert Milne to John Mattern
1677 Mar 3: Als from Hilarius Prache to John Mattern, with transcription/typescript in English and typescript in German
1677 [Jun]: Document addressed to John Mattern
1677: Document addressed to John Mattern
1677: Document signed by Roger Longworth
1678 [Jan]: Document to John Mattern
1678 Jul 3: Als from John Mattern to Johannes Claus, with transcription/typescript in English and typescript in German
1679 Jun 23: Als to John Mattern
1679: Als to John Mattern
1679: Als from Robert [Sandelands?] to John Mattern
1680 [Jun] 12: Als
1680: "A Testimony and Apology for ye Truth..." by John Mattern
1680: Als from Johannes Claus to John Mattern
1680: Als to John Mattern
1682: Note to R. [Matorno?]
1688: Als from Nicolaus [Rust?]
1795 Jun 18-26: Yearly meeting of Women Friends in London
1888: Biography of Hilarius Prache from "Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie"
[n.y.] Jan 27: Als from Ephraim Prache to J.M. Usher with transcription/typescript in English and typescript in German
[n.d.]: Als from Benjamin [Hurly?] to Hilarius Prache
[n.d.]: Document
[n.d.]: Document
[n.d.]: Document
[n.d.]: Document
[n.d.]: Inventory of household belongings with transcription/typescript in English
1668-1673: Photocopies
1674-1675: Photocopies
1676-1677: Photocopies
1678-1679: Photocopies
1680: Photocopy, " A Testimony and Apology for ye Truth..."
1680-1688, 1795, 1888: Photocopies
[n.d.]: Photocopies