Home›Sources›Earl P. Olmstead, Blackcoats Among the Delaware: David Zeisberger on the Ohio Frontier (Kent State University Press)SourcesEarl P. Olmstead, Blackcoats Among the Delaware: David Zeisberger on the Ohio Frontier (Kent State University Press)Earl P. OlmsteadCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Earl P. Olmstead, Blackcoats Among the Delaware: David Zeisberger on the Ohio Frontier (Kent State University Press)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/olmstead-blackcoats-among-the-delaware.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Earl P. Olmstead, Blackcoats Among the Delaware: David Zeisberger on the Ohio Frontier (Kent State University Press). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/olmstead-blackcoats-among-the-delawareCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-earl-p-olmstead-blackcoats-among-the-del, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Earl P. Olmstead, Blackcoats Among the Delaware: David Zeisberger on the Ohio Frontier (Kent State University Press)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/olmstead-blackcoats-among-the-delaware}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXEarl P. Olmstead's academic biography of the Moravian missionary David Zeisberger, drawing on thousands of pages of Zeisberger's own diaries and correspondence, traces the founding and destruction of the Ohio mission villages Zeisberger built among the Lenape and Mahican, including Gnadenhutten, and the years the Moravian mission in North America spent recovering from the 1782 massacre.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (9 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1A Kent State University Press academic biography built on the missionary's own diaries and correspondence, tier 1, matching the tier the map gives comparable university press primary source biographies, used here for the mission's founding, destruction and recovery, corroborated by the Ohio History Connection's own archival record.NotesWell-attestedUsed for the founding, destruction and later recovery of Zeisberger's Ohio mission villages, including Gnadenhutten.CitationAuthorWell-attestedEarl P. OlmsteadPublisherWell-attestedKent State University PressSource TypeWell-attestedacademic biographyCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithAmericas, Continents Well-attested This source names Americas directly: "Earl P. Olmstead's academic biography of the Moravian missionary David Zeisberger, drawing on thousands of pages of Zeisberger's own diaries and correspondence, traces the founding and destruction..."Source Earl P. Olmstead, Blackcoats Among the Delaware: David Zeisberger on the Ohio Frontier (Kent State University Press)Earl P. Olmsteadtier 1Ohio, States & Territories Well-attested This source names Ohio directly: "the founding and destruction of the Ohio mission villages Zeisberger built among the Lenape and Mahican, including Gnadenhutten, and the years the Moravian mission in North America spent recovering..."Source Earl P. Olmstead, Blackcoats Among the Delaware: David Zeisberger on the Ohio Frontier (Kent State University Press)Earl P. Olmsteadtier 1Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds.Spread Events, 1 claims: 1 general references.Well-attested6SourcesEarl P. Olmstead, Blackcoats Among the Delaware: David Zeisberger on the Ohio Frontier (Kent State University Press)Holds2SourcesEarl P. Olmstead, Blackcoats Among the Delaware: David Zeisberger on the Ohio Frontier (Kent State University Press)General References1Spread EventsPennsylvania Militia Massacres Christian Lenape at the Moravian Mission of GnadenhuttenComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year