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USA, Charleston/SC: Grabsteine  Schweizerisches Literaturarchiv (SLA)  Nachlass Annemarie Schwarzenbach  Signatur: SLA-Schwarzenbach-A-5-11/289: 11

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USA, Charleston/SC: Grabsteine  Schweizerisches Literaturarchiv (SLA) ; Nachlass Annemarie Schwarzenbach

Signatur: SLA-Schwarzenbach-A-5-11/289 : Kasten 11

1936 bis 1938. - S/W, nicht aufgezogen

https://www.helveticarchives.ch/archivplansuche.aspx?ID=313186 (Beschreibung in HelveticArchives)  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACH-NB_-_USA%2C_Charleston-SC-_Grabsteine_-_Annemarie_Schwarzenbach_-_SLA-Schwarzenbach-A-5-11-289.jpg (Kopie in hoher Auflösung: Wikimedia Commons)  https://www.e-manuscripta.ch/doi/10.7891/e-manuscripta-74525 (Kopie in hoher Auflösung: e-manuscripta) 

Bemerkung:   Born in the Village of Eymet / Department La Dordogne, France, the 19th August 1750 / to enjoy liberty of Conscience, he fled with an elder sister / London, to join the Revd. Mr Gilbert, Who with his Congregation had also been compelled to seek an asylum from the persecutions which they endured in their native land. He arrived in this City with this Congregation, consisting of about 140 Protestants exiles, on the 12th April 1764, Where he settled while most of the Congregation located with their Pastor in Abbeville district in this State. He was a Patriot of the Revolution / For many years he was a Member in this (French Protestant) Church / The destruction of the Church edifice in the great fire of 1796. / The subsequent death of their Pastor / The Revd. Mr. Bouedillion, Caused a dispersion of the flock among other churches of the City. When the Second Presbyterian Church was established in 1810 He was chosen one of its first Ruling Elders, an Office which he faithfully and consciously filled.He retained through life the strong feelings and rigid principles for which the original Huguenots were distinguished. / Twice he sacrificed all / once when a youth for the religion of his fathers and again when in manhood for liberty / of his adopted country / "The Memory of the just is blessed"  Grabstein von Stephen Thomas (1750-1839) auf dem French Protestant Huguenot Church Cemetery 

Pfad: Nachlass Annemarie Schwarzenbach / Werkmanuskripte / Fotoordner / USA III:, Alabama / Georgia / S. und N. Carolina / Virginia / Pensylvania / New York

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