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The Industrious Bee:
Francis Daniel Pastorius, His Manuscripts, and His World
This conference is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required. To register, to request access to the precirculated papers (which will not be read aloud at the conference), or for other information, please see the conference Web site, http://www.mceas.org/pastorius, or contact [email protected].
Presented by:The McNeil Center for Early American StudiesThe University of Pennsylvania Libraries With support from:
University of PennsylvaniaThe Department of EnglishThe Department of Germanic Languages and LiteraturesThe Department of HistoryRebecca Bushnell, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences
Above Image: 1715 Germantown Deed, Henry H. Houston Estate Papers, University Archives and Records Center, University of Pennsylvania
Inside Image: Seal of the Corporation of Germantown (adopted 1691), from a 1703 deed, Germantown Historical Society.
Program DescriptionFrancis Daniel Pastorius (1651-1719) left behind a formidable body of writing that is only now beginning to be adequately studied, but which touches upon virtually every cultural, social, philosophical, religious, and political question relevant to life in early America. German-born cosmopolitan lawyer, farmer, schoolmaster, poet, and founder of Germantown, PA (1683), Pastorius’s encyclopedic body of work ranges from the first antislavery tract in America to children’s ABC primers, legal texts, poetry, gardening manuals, and a massive commonplace book, “The Beehive.”
Rich as they are in their own right, Pastorius’s manuscripts also offer a fascinating vantage point from which to view the transmission of knowledge from Europe across the Atlantic to early America. In addition, Pastorius’s methods of information storage, while informed by the humanist tradition, merit new scrutiny in the digital age. In conjunction with the appearance of a new, web-based edition of his major work, “The Beehive,” this conference brings together scholars from a wide range of disciplines and institutions, speaking on a variety of topics connecting Pastorius with literary history, history of the book, intellectual history, legal history, horticulture, and pedagogy. There will also be the opportunity to view some rarely-seen Pastorius manuscripts.
Program Committee:
Max Cavitch, J. M. Duffin, David McKnight, Brooke Palmieri, John Pollack, Nancy Shawcross, Daniel K. Richter, and Dan Traister
Cover: Pastorius, “The Young Country Clerk’s Collection”, [1692-1719], Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania. 1686 Germantown Deed, Germantown Historical Society.Conjectured image of Pastorius, photograph of a bas-relief, artistunknown, ca. 1897, Library of Congress.
23-24 October 2009, Philadelphia
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Th
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ee Fr
iday
, Oct
ober
23
McN
eil C
ente
r for
Ear
ly A
mer
ican
Stu
dies
3355
Woo
dlan
d W
alk
(34t
h an
d Sa
nsom
Str
eets
) 3:
00 p
.m. O
peni
ng se
ssio
n Fr
anci
s Dan
iel P
asto
rius a
nd H
is W
orld
: An
Intr
oduc
tory
M
ulti-
Med
ia P
rese
ntat
ion
Welc
ome a
nd se
ssio
n ch
air:
Dan
iel K
. Ric
hter
, MC
EAS/
Uni
vers
ity o
f Pen
nsyl
vani
a Pa
nelis
ts: J.
M. D
uffin,
Uni
vers
ity o
f Pen
nsyl
vani
a;
Jam
es G
reen
, Lib
rary
Com
pany
of P
enns
ylva
nia;
Bro
oke
Palm
ieri,
Uni
vers
ity o
f Oxf
ord;
Nan
cy S
haw
cros
s, U
nive
rsity
of P
enns
ylva
nia;
Pet
er S
tally
bras
s, U
nive
rsity
of
Penn
sylv
ania
4:30
p.m
. Coff
ee 4:
45 p
.m. K
eyno
te a
ddre
ss Ch
air:
Pete
r Sta
llybr
ass,
Uni
vers
ity o
f Pen
nsyl
vani
a Pa
stor
ius’s
Old
Wor
ld: L
ate
Hum
anism
and
Ear
ly
Enlig
hten
men
tA
ntho
ny G
rafto
n, P
rince
ton
Uni
vers
ity 6:
15 p
.m. R
ecep
tion
Satu
rday
, Oct
ober
24
Van
Pelt-
Die
tric
h Li
brar
y C
ente
rRa
re B
ook
and
Man
uscr
ipt L
ibra
ry, 6
th fl
oor
3420
Wal
nut S
tree
t 9:
00 a
.m. K
eepe
rs o
f Pas
toriu
s: A
Man
uscr
ipt W
orks
hop
Chai
r: D
avid
McK
nigh
t, U
nive
rsity
of P
enns
ylva
nia
Wor
ksho
p le
ader
s: Sa
ndra
Cha
ff, G
erm
anto
wn
Hist
oric
al
Soci
ety;
J. M
. Duffi
n, U
nive
rsity
of P
enns
ylva
nia;
Am
ey
Hut
chin
s, U
nive
rsity
of P
enns
ylva
nia;
Vio
let L
utz,
Ger
man
Soc
iety
of P
enns
ylva
nia;
Nan
cy S
haw
cros
s, U
nive
rsity
of P
enns
ylva
nia
10:3
0 a.
m. C
offee
Sat
urda
y co
ntin
ued
11:0
0 a.
m. T
exts
Chai
r: M
ax C
avitc
h, U
nive
rsity
of P
enns
ylva
nia
“Wha
tsoe
ver t
ongu
e w
ill g
ain
the
race
of p
erfe
ctio
n”:
Early
-Mod
ern
Lang
uage
Mys
ticism
, Pan
soph
ism, a
nd
Fran
cis D
anie
l Pas
toriu
s’s “A
lpha
betic
al H
ive”
Patr
ick
Erbe
n, U
nive
rsity
of W
est G
eorg
ia Fr
anci
s Dan
iel P
asto
rius’s
Bes
chre
ibun
g: Th
rive
in
Beau
tiful
Pen
nsyl
vani
a!M
argo
Lam
bert
, Mia
mi U
nive
rsity
“Wha
t the
Bee
s Hav
e Ta
ken
Pain
s For
”: Fr
anci
s Dan
iel
Past
oriu
s, Th
e Be
ehiv
e, an
d C
omm
onpl
acin
g in
Col
onia
l Pe
nnsy
lvan
iaBr
ooke
Pal
mie
ri, U
nive
rsity
of O
xfor
d Re
spon
dent
: Jon
Pah
l, Lu
ther
an Th
eolo
gica
l Sem
inar
y of
Ph
ilade
lphi
a 12
:30
p.m
. Lun
ch (o
n yo
ur o
wn)
2:00
p.m
. Con
text
s Ch
air:
Fran
k Tr
omm
ler,
Uni
vers
ity o
f Pen
nsyl
vani
a Pa
stor
ius a
s Cul
tura
l Sym
bol
Don
Yod
er, U
nive
rsity
of P
enns
ylva
nia
“You
that
Sit
at th
e St
ern”
: Mag
istra
tes i
n th
e A
ge o
f Fox
, Pe
nn, a
nd P
asto
rius
Alfr
ed L
. Bro
phy,
Uni
vers
ity o
f Nor
th C
arol
ina,
Cha
pel
Hill
“It I
s a T
erro
r That
Men
Sho
uld
be H
andl
ed S
o in
Pe
nnsy
lvan
ia”: P
asto
rius a
nd th
e G
erm
anto
wn
Ant
i-Sl
aver
y Pr
otes
t of 1
688
Beth
any
Wig
gin,
Uni
vers
ity o
f Pen
nsyl
vani
a Re
spon
dent
: Ros
alin
d J.
Beile
r, U
nive
rsity
of C
entr
al
Flor
ida
3:30
p.m
. Bre
ak 3:
45 p
.m. P
asto
rius
and
the
Futu
re o
f the
Boo
k D
iscus
sion
leade
rs: J
ames
Gre
en, L
ibra
ry C
ompa
ny
of P
hila
delp
hia,
and
Pet
er S
tally
bras
s, U
nive
rsity
of
Penn
sylv
ania
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