82 John Uachman. 



with pity the heart of a woman the good Queen 

 Anne of England invited the poor Palatinates to 

 her hospitable shores. She treated them with un- 

 bounded kindness, and, hoping to be able still bet- 

 ter to provide for so large a number, induced them 

 to migrate to America the land, that promised 

 work, bread and religious freedom for all. Many of 

 them settled on the Hudson river in the province 

 of New York ; some in Newberne, North Carolina ; 

 others in South Carolina, principally in Charleston 

 and along the banks of the Congaree, Saluda and 

 Broad rivers. They can also be traced on the Savan- 

 nah river, Georgia. 



The benevolent Queen, generously provided the 

 impoverished immigrants with means to build com- 

 fortable homes, and furnished them with extensive 

 grants of lands for glebes, pastorates and schools. 

 They clung to the Augsburg Confession, to Luther's 

 Catechism, and to their Bibles with the Sacraments, 

 for they had brought with them the faith that 

 had stood the test of persecution and martyrdom. 

 Their industry, morality and unswerving faith con- 

 stituted them elements of strength in the new colo- 

 nies. 



Queen Annie had given them what was then 

 called " The Saxe Gotha Tract," on the banks of the 

 Congaree river. Unhappily, from sickness and the 

 hardships and poverty incident to a life in a new 

 colony, the pastorates and school tracts were scarcely 

 occupied, and this source of wealth was finally lost 

 to the Lutheran Church. 



