By the Steward in...: Just as Bethlehem was separating financially from Nazareth at the time of the economic transition, so it was also separating from the other local Moravian communities. This section of the economic extracts shows money owed to the Bethlehem Diacony by the communities of Christiansbrunn and Friedensthal.
By Sundry Persons for Wages received more than due: As Bethlehem shifted from a communal economy to a household-based system, tradesmen in the community who still worked for the Moravian owned businesses began to receive salaries. This category shows moneys owed to the Bethlehem Diacony by individual tradesmen who evidently had received more in salary than they were entitled to. See also page 15.
By the Tradesmen who are not in the Oeconomy: This category lists money owed to the Diacony by residents of Bethlehem who had independent businesses.

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