The proposals of the Count were forwarded through Herr von Pfeil, and
were presented to the Trustees of the Colony of Georgia by a Mr. Lorenz.
Who this gentleman was does not appear, but a man bearing that name was
one of the Germans, living in London, who in 1737 formed a society for
religious improvement under the influence of Count Zinzendorf.

Through the same channel the answer of the Trustees was returned:

"Mr. Lorenz,

The proposals sent by Baron Pfeil from Ratisbon (Regensberg) to the
Trustees of Georgia have been read at their meeting, but as they see
that the gentleman asks pecuniary assistance for the establishment he
contemplates, they answer that they have absolutely no fund from which
to defray such expenses, but that in case the gentleman who suggests it
wishes to undertake the enterprise at his own cost they will be able to
grant him land in Georgia on conditions to which no one could object,
and which he may learn as soon as the Trustees have been informed that
he has decided to go at his own expense. You will have the kindness to
forward this to Baron Pfeil, and oblige,

your most humble
servant J. Vernon."

Whether this plea of "no fund" was prompted by indifference, or whether
they really considered the money appropriated by Parliament as intended
for the Salzburgers alone, is immaterial. Perhaps Zinzendorf's very
proposals to consider any assistance as a loan made them think him able
to finance the scheme himself.

The Schwenkfelders, being under orders to expatriate themselves,
left Berthelsdorf on the 26th of May, 1734, under the leadership of
Christopher Wiegner (sometimes called George in Moravian MSS.) and at
their request George Boehnisch, one of the Herrnhut Moravians, went with
them. Their plan was to go through Holland to England, and thence to
Georgia, but in the former country they changed their minds and sailed
for Pennsylvania. In December of the same year Spangenberg was in
Rotterdam, where he lodged with a Dr. Koker, from whom he learned the
reason for their, until then, unexplained behavior. Dr. Koker belonged
to a Society calling themselves the "Collegiants", the membership of
which was drawn from the Reformed, Lutheran, and various other churches.
Their cardinal principles were freedom of speech, freedom of belief, and
liberty to retain membership in their own denominations if they desired.
The Society was really an offshoot of the Baptist Chur