re his absence in Germany and his instructions that his mail be sent to Solomon Henkel where he will pick it up on his return to the United States

re his need of medical supplies as he is a physician

re financial provision for his aunt, Mrs. Duff

re his preparations for sailing to California

re the improvements in his health, rumors of the death of Solomon Henkel, and a fire engine for sale

re arrangements for a cataract operation

re Mr. Yeager's misrepresentation of his statements concerning the Tennessee Synod in The Observer

re his supply of medical instruments and models with their cost

his letters include: a list of elders and officers of the Hebron Church, Madison County (1809 Jun); his difficulties in attending Special Conference, books sent for sale, and a discussion of methods of payment (1809 Sep 14); his trip to Ohio, and his request to Paul or Phillip Henkel to preach in his church and also at the Reformed Church (1810 Aug 22); acknowledgement of the receipt of some medicine and mention of the good acceptance of the Song Book by the congregation (1811 Mar 9); difficulties in obtaining Conference Reports and description of his sickness (1811 Apr 1); approval of new Catechism, and requests information re next Special Conference (1812 Feb 3); discussion of the possibility of the Henkel Press printing Arndt's "Wahres Christenthum" in English (1812 Apr 8); necessity of a personal meeting with Paul Henkel (1812 Sep 11); and mention of Solomon Henkel as agent for Johann Gruber in Hagerstown, and The Evangelical Magazine printed in Philadelphia (1813 Mar 8).

re money matters and the purchase of a horse

re the formation of a new Synod, testimonial for Rev. J. Killian, and the need for attention to the literary qualifications for aspiring young ministers

re his order for a Cycl[opedia]

re money sent to the post office and the failing health of all three of her brothers, Martin, David, and Simon

difficulties re taxes and land formerly owned by Johannes Henkel (1812 Sep 20); and questions re sale of land and request for advice (1816 May 16)

death of two of his sons due to dysentery, wife and slave both in serious condition (Feb 16) and the introduction of English Song Books in Madison County (Jul 22)

request for books and a proposal for transporting them (1806 Oct 11); his interest in subscription to a New Market newspaper and detailed description of a deadly disease on the rampage in North Carolina (1807 Oct 11); while in Staunton sends announcement that he wishes to preach in New Market on June 25 th (1815 Jun 20)

difficulties in recruiting preachers, the need for outsiders to come to [South Carolina ?], and business matters

re an order for books about Martin Luther, the Augsburg Confession, Catechisms, and hymn books in English and German to be sent to Saluda, S.C., inroads made by other denominations in South Carolina and David Henkel's work there

re expressions of his love

request for books including two dozen catechisms for teaching purposes

difficulties in attending the Special Conference in New Market because of distance and pastoral duties (1807 Sep 12); a list of officers, Lutheran and Reformed, and the location of churches in Wythe, Montgomery, and Greenbriar Counties (1809 Oct 18); receipt of catechisms and their success as a teaching tool (1809 Oct); detailed and lengthy manuscript of a Lutheran Catechism, and its differences with Reformed beliefs (1810 Dec 22); explanation and commentary re Catechism (1811 Feb 16); suggestions re the new Lutheran Catechism (1811 Jul 30); urgent request for more English Catechisms, saying more than 200 could be sold, if available, and interest in applying for Pastor Carpenter's job in Madison County (1814 Apr 14); request for more English Catechisms (1819 Sep 14); account of books (1820 Feb 5); requests more first edition catechisms, recommends the bank notes from the Union Bank of Alexandria or the North Carolina Treasury bills for paying notes (1820 Apr 1); requests clarification of his account (1820 Jun 24); requests for more catechisms, concern with his book account and mention of the South Carolina State Bank (1821 Sep 1; 1822 Jun 3 Aug 4; & Dec 18); warning about a so-called preacher by the name of Miller, known for his drinking and carousing, [who ?] will be in New Market soon and will want to buy a horse to ride back to Pennsylvania (1823 Jan 24).

money transactions with Henkel's brother-in-law Miller in Winchester (1819 Jan 19); and requests for Henkel to mediate between two parties re land transactions (1822 Dec 23)

re family news

request to expedite the binding of the Song Books as he will be in New Market on the following Saturday

difficulties in receiving mail (1812 Jun 18)

transaction involving the trading of 2/6 nails for Song Books in New Market

lengthy remarks re the new Catechism and his own personal observations

J.O. Kramer of Maytown, North Carolina, has two dozen copies of a book which Henkel wants (Jul 30); reference to previous letter and the sale of books (Sep 4); acknowlegement of the receipt of books (Nov 14)

requests for German catechisms

request for German Bible (1815 Dec 5); and business transactions re books (1816 Dec 8)

account of books (1810) and book transactions and a list of subscribers to a book (1821)

re his refusal to get involved in political questions, favoring a complete separation of church and state, as does the Lutheran Church and the Society for the Promotion of Christian Union

Request for a subscription for a church proposal (1805); his acknowledgement of the influence of Henkel on the writing of a small book by Helmuth (1817); the cessation of the The Evangelical Magazine and his recommendation of Pastor Plitt's new magazine (1820)

arrival in Point Pleasant and his great difficulty in learning German

re a list of articles that he wants him to get for him, the isolation of their home from society, Ambrose's success in selling medicines and books on commission, the success of other businessmen, the desire of the German people to educate their children, his neighbors desire for the Henkel family to erect a post office, store, and school located at the crossroads at Wood's Ferry, Green County, Tennessee; his regret that Samuel will not visit soon, his hopes of finishing his studies so he might be a candidate for the position at the New Market Academy, his "medical practice," the need of copies of the Concordia and other books

re his criticism of Professor Samuel Schmucker's Popular Theology because of its deviation from the fundamental doctrines of the Lutheran Church and the General Synod, the birth of his son Casper Coiner Henkel, and and Rev. Charles Henkel's translation of the Augustan Confession (1835); the republication of the works of David Henkel, and the impracticality of using agents to sell their books (1836); a strange medical case (1843); a request that the son of Hannah Stirewalt be admitted to the University of Virginia (1848); the translation of the Book of Concord (1849); the Book of Concord about to be bound, and his annoyance with the teaching of Professor Schmucker (1851); and recommendations to the Tennessee Synod meeting in 1857.

re his medical studies in Philadelphia

re family news

offer of this bookseller to send a catalog of medical books, his plans to travel to Europe in eight weeks and his offer to visit friends and acquaintances of Solomon Henkel

re the salary for a minister at New Market

re a gift from her mother

list of subscribers for Henkel Press Song Book in Pendleton and Hardy Counties

questions re content of the catechism, symptoms of his sick wife, praise of Paul Henkel's work in Ohio, possibility of moving to Brush Creek Church, Highland County

re request to study medical practice with him

land transaction in the area of Salisbury, North Carolina, with the signatures of witnesses (1805) and questions re payment for land (1806)

request to engrave the plates for Baron Steuben's "Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States," with sample plates (formerly) enclosed, and immediate reply needed

re a letter possibly mailed to New Market, Virginia by mistake

proposal to sell Henkel Press ABC books in Philadelphia by means of subscriptions

request for books, especially the new ABC book (1808 Apr 9); note that the ABC books are selling well, request's Helmuth's Spelling Book and medical advice (1809 Apr 23); list of subcribers for 170 Song Books (1809 Dec 16); two pages of brief Biblical interpretations, and more subscribers for Song Books (1810 Feb 10); request that Paul Henkel come to North Carolina to help Pastor Schober with difficulties in his congregation (1810 Sep 5); demand for the Song Book and ABC books, intention of traveling to Kentucky and Ohio and visiting New Market on his return, and his work on a Children's Book (1811 Mar 27); description of trip to Ohio, his travels through Tennessee and Kentucky, the great influx of Baptists in Ohio, the need for both German and English Catechisms, Song Books, and ABC books, and the need for Paul Henkel in Ohio (1811 Aug 27); his return from Ohio, translation work on "Ein Briefwechsel die Methodisten betreffend" (1811 Dec 16); need for more books translated into English, plans another trip with Paul Henkel to Ohio, and worries re the War and conscription (1812 Jun 13); and his desire to travel but not teach school children, difficulties in North Carolina re the Song Books and Catechism, hints of a split among congregations (1813 Jan 4)

list of officers and elders in Bottetourt County (1809); and request for the name and address of the present secretary of the German Evangelical Ministry (Ministerium)

report re steam driven printing presses in New York and Philadelphia

request for English Catechisms, also Conference Reports (1816); account of books and difficulties in selling books (1817); good reception of the new ABC books in Tennessee (1818)

troubles re the survival of the German [language], and good reception of the new ABC books

re arrangements to purchase books for the brethren in North Carolina

synodical difficulties in North and South Carolina

advice re cancer cure using an arsenic solution, hydrophobia, recently acquired books for sale, book store started by Muhlenberg and his source for books, his interest in medicinal plants and names of plant dealers, Dr. John Brickel and Fr. Dahlman (1805); advice concerning herbs, and a list of eleven books with their prices sent to New Market (1806); financial accounts concerning Mr. Etter, Michael Lohr, and Heinrich Busching, and complaints re bills (1807)

request for medicine for a pastor's wife and a description of her symptoms

inability to sell books and his desire to return the 150 small books

reference to previous letters, collection of bills, and the Bank of Alexandria

report of his position as a teacher in Franconia Township near Philadelphia, request for twelve dozen ABC Books and a dozen other books (1811); and lack of a bill with the books received from the Henkels (1812)

the health of her son

request for tobacco seeds from Virginia with instructions for planting, in return for seeds of European plants recently bought abroad

request for German-English and English-German dictionaries (1816 Apr 2); thankfulness for the books and gratitude for Solomon Henkel's work in the Church (1816 Sep 30); receipt of box of books in Christiansburg (1818 Sep 17); return of two damaged books (1818 Sep 28); difficult time to sell books (1821 Apr 8)

reference to a delivery of a package with newspapers or pamphlets and the need for subscribers

re an order of books

the need for Song Books and a misunderstanding re Special Conference attendance

re his marriage to Susan Koiner (1832) and other family news

re renting a plantation managed by Henkel and owned by Casper Koiner

re his financial affairs, the settling of a debt in Virginia owed to James and Alexander Wray, the interest due on the bonds made out to Samuel Henkel, and settling a debt in Philadelphia

Book Society wants to sell Shakespeare's works (22 volumes) for $ 9.00, the Collected Works of the King of Prussia (15 volumes) for $ 6.00, and Stiller's Heimweh for $ 5.00 (180[7] Jul 20); complaints about lack of correspondence and uncertainty of whether Henkel received the money (1808 Oct 17); receipt of newspaper and desire to receive copies of new pamphlets and books printed in New Market (1809 Apr 2); misunderstanding re the political views expressed by the writer and made public by Henkel, Republicans and Federalists are friends and calls the Democrats and Torys enemies of freedom (1809 Apr 15); announcement of a possible move to York, plans to preach in Woodstock, Shenandoah County, the first of August (1809 Jun 9); excerpts of "Protocols of the Lutheran Synod," Philadelphia, permission for Paul Henkel to do missionary work in Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, and Virginia, advice to Lutheran ministers to avoid camp meetings, and request for Paul Henkel's travel diary (1811 Jun 27); excerpts of Paul Henkel's missionary activities in South Carolina to be published by Mr. Helmuth in The Evangelical Magazine which needs 500 new subscribers to get started (1811 Aug 27); praises several Henkel publications (1812 Jan 11); remarks re The Evangelical Magazine and books ordered (1812 Apr 1); belief that the printing of the new Song Book should have been financially aided by the Synod (1812 Oct 17); business account and advice to David Henkel to enter the ministry (1812 Dec 18); possibility that Pastor Carpenter may go to Kentucky, and worries over possible victory by Napoleon Bonaparte (1813 Dec 3); Synodical expenses for Paul Henkel (1814 Jun 15); The Evangelical Magazine will be published yearly, and rejoicing re Napoleon Bonaparte's downfall (1814 Jul 23); accounts of [The Evangelical Magazine] taken care of by Pastor Muhlenberg in Reading (1817 Jun 11); asks if anyone in the area is a subscriber to the second part of Georg Schmucker's Prophetic History (1818 Dec 30); enclosure of a new children's book requested by Dr. Helmuth (1819 Apr 27); and acknowledgement of a letter (1821 Aug 31)

rumors of a Henkel Press business to be established in Lincolntown, North Carolina, and non-receipt of Honig Tropfen

re the need for printer's ink

re the birth of a son, William Bentin, to [his wife ?] Jane, other family news, and the bonds of Jacob Savage

re his problems with his uncle over the use of a farm

re Jacob Savage's notes

re his duties as Postmaster at New Market