MORAVIANS. 
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if, prevalent amongst the Quakers, is observ¬ 
able in their manners. Wherever their society 
has extended itself in America, the most happy 
consequences have resulted from it; good order 
and regularity have, become conspicuous in the 
behaviour of the people of the neighbourhood, 
and arts and manufactures have been intro¬ 
duced into the country. 
As the whole of the plot of ground, on 
which Bethlehem stands, belongs to the so¬ 
ciety, as well as the lands for a considerable 
way round the town, the Moravians here are 
not liable to be troubled by intruders, but any 
person that will conform to their line of con¬ 
duct will be received into their society with 
readiness and cordiality. They appeared to 
lake the greatest delight in shewing us their 
town, and every thing belonging to it, and at 
parting lamented much that we could not stay 
longer with them, to see still more of the man¬ 
ners and habits of the society. 
They do not seem desirous of adding to the 
number of houses in Bethlehem ; but when¬ 
ever there is an increase of people, they send 
them off to another part of the country, there 
to form a new settlement. Since Bethlehem. 
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was founded, they have established two other 
towns in Pennsylvania, Nazareth and Letitz. 
The former of these stands at the distance of 
about ten miles from Bethlehem, and in com- 
