American Home Missionary Society Records, 1827-1847
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Summary Information

Title: American Home Missionary Society Records
Inclusive Dates: 1827-1847

Creator:
  • American Home Missionary Society
Call Number: Wis Mss GV

Quantity: 1.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes and 1 flat box)

Repository:
Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:
Photostat copies of letters and quarterly reports written by almost 100 Presbyterian and Congregational missionaries in the Wisconsin region to the secretary of the American Home Missionary Society in Boston, reporting on the establishment of missionary centers and describing conditions in frontier settlements. Among the letter writers are Spencer Baker, Justus M. Clark, Gilbert Crawford, A. M. Dixon, Lemuel Hall, John C. Holbrook, Aratus Kent, Stephen Peet, Jeremiah Porter, Leonard Rogers, Jedediah D. Stevens, and Joseph H. D. Street. Originals of all but 95 of the letters are in the Hammond Library of the Chicago Theological Seminary.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000gv
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