my life is blest."

Though holding positions as Count Zinzendorf's hausmeister and gardener,
both Nitschmann and Toeltschig were actively employed in the affairs of
the renewed Unitas Fratrum, and had been to England in 1728 to try to
establish relations with the Society for the Propagation of Christian
Knowledge, though without success. They were the better fitted,
therefore, to conduct the party to England, and to share in the
negotiations already begun by Spangenberg.

This "first company" left Herrnhut on the 21st of November, 1734,
traveling by Ebersdorf (where Henry XXIX, Count Reuss, Countess
Zinzendorf's brother, gave them a letter of recommendation to any whom
they might meet on their way), to Holland, whence they had a stormy and
dangerous voyage to England.

The day after they reached London they called on Gen. Oglethorpe and
having gained admittance with some difficulty they were very well
received by him, carrying on a conversation in a mixture of English and
German, but understanding each other fairly well. Spangenberg coming
in most opportunely, the Moravian affairs were fully discussed, and the
new-comers learned that their arrival had been fortunately timed, for
the Georgia Trustees were to hold one of their semi-annual meetings two
days later, when Oglethorpe could press their matter, and a ship was to
sail for Georgia the latter part of the month. Oglethorpe was disturbed
to find that the colonists had failed to raise any money toward their
expenses, but promised to try and assist them in that also.

On the 18th the colonists were formally presented to the Trustees,
heard the lively argument for and against their cause, and had the
satisfaction of seeing the vote cast in their favor. It was contrary
to the custom of the Trustees to grant lands to any who did not come in
person to apply for them and declare their intention of going to
Georgia to settle, but Oglethorpe's argument that the high rank of Count
Zinzendorf was entitled to consideration was accepted and five hundred
acres of land were granted to the Count and his male heirs.

The Indenture bore date of Jan. 10, 1734, Old Style, (Jan. 21, 1735,)*
and the five hundred acres were "to be set out limited and bounded in
Such Manner and in Such Part or Parts of the said Province as shall be
thought most convenient by such Person or Persons as shall by the said
Common Council be for that Purpose authorized and appointed," there
being a verbal ag