Letters of the A.C.M. to A.B.C.F.M. 1816-1854

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This file contains a typical collection of letters concerned with American Ceylon Mission affairs. Some points discussed in the manuscript include the mission schools, the Press, missionary travel between America, Ceylon, and India, and the relationship between ACM missionaries and the British governor in Colombo. Some of the letters are signed by Benjamin Meigs (1789-1862), Daniel Poor (1789-1855), James Richard (1784-1822), Levi Spaulding (1791-1873), and Edward Warren (1786-1818).Physical characteristics of original material: 22 cm x 16 cm x 3 cm.

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File details

Creation date:
1816-1854
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Content type:
Correspondence
Originals information:
Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India (JDCSI).
Reference:
EAP835/2/1
Level:
File
Extent:
358 TIFF files
Digitisation date:
2017
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This file is part of

  1. Project EAP835:
    Jaffna Protestant digital archive project
  2. Collection EAP835/2:
    Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India (JDCSI) Collection
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