By Sundry Brethren: These amounts represent small debts that members of Bethlehem community owed to the Bethlehem Diacony.

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This 20-page summary (10 two-page spreads) gives Bethlehem's financial position in 1762, showing a tally of the Bethlehem's total assets and debts as they stood on May 31, 1762 (pages 2-22). The summary is made up of two parallel columns—debits (money owed by the Diacony) on the left-hand page, and credits (assets and money owed to the Diacony) on the right-hand page.