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I met a "fren" in old salem today.

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 16 Apr 19

Don't you hate when you thought you took a picture but it didn't go through? I swear I did, but I took it on snapchat and it didn't go through apparently. I met a "fren" at Old Salem Today. Old Salem is a Moravian Museum and...

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Proof that the burden of marriage has been well.. a burden for a long long time

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 4 Dec 18

"Sister Bachhof brought Sister Graff an affirmative answer to the proposal that she should marry Brother George Schmidt." This was written on January 7th of 1780. Now, I am assuming this is in line with the beliefs of the...

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Single Sisters' House

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 13 Mar 17

No, I am not talking about a bunch of Nuns. The Single Sister's house was constructed to house Old Salem's unmarried women. Of course then it wasn't called "Old Salem" but simply "Salem." I won't get into that or we will be here...

single sisters house

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Old Salem, Go back in time.

shartsell @shartsell (31) • United States 16 May 08

Old Salem is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The town was founded in 1766 by Moravians. They bought 98,000 acres. Over 100 buildings are in the town. The people used quill pens, fireplace cooking, and learned to sew back...