Letters from Ora Labora – April 30th, 1864 – Confirmation of all funds received from Harmony
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Letters from Ora Labora – June 1st, 1864
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Letters from Ora Labora – December 2nd, 1898. Pigeon, Michigan. Leiprrandt Brothers to J. S. Duss.
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Letters to Ora Labora – October 18th, 1864
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Biography of Jacob Kolb
Biography of Jacob Kolb, resident and leader of Ora Labora Colony
Biography of of Eduard & Herman Goeschel
Biography of of Eduard Herman Goeschel two of the original “Backwoodsmen” of the Ora Labora Colony.
Biography of John J. Froebe
Biography of John J. Froebe a merchant of the Ora Labora colony near Bay Port Michigan.
Letters from Ora Labora – December 24th, 1864
Letters from Ora Labora – December 24th, 1864
Ora Labora 