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Andover Defence title page
In the Matter of the Complaint against Egbert C. Smyth adn others, Professors of the Theological Institution in Phillips Academy, Andover. The Andover Defence Defence of Professor Smyth; arguments of Professor Theodore W. Dwight,…
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ABCFM indigenous workers 1830-1956
a chart detailing the changing numbers of indigenous workers associated with missions of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions during the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Subtitle reads: "The term "indigenous workers" includes…
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ABCFM missionaries 1810-1955
a chart detailing the changing numbers of missionaries working through the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions during the 19th and early 20th centuries
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The Departure
departure of missionary ships on February 19, 1812
Among the ships is The Caravan, which carried Adoniram and Ann Judson, and Samuel and Harriet Newell to India.
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Rufus Anderson
Rev. Rufus Anderson (1796-1880) was a missionary, prolific author, and long-time administrator of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
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Woman's missions
female missionary reading to a group of potential converts, watched over by an angel
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Woman's Board of Missions headquarters, 1868-1873
first headquarters of the Woman's Board of Missions in Pemberton Square (now Government Center), Boston, MA, in use 1868-1873
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first American Board missionaries The ordination of the first missionaries from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions -- Adoniram Judson, Gordon Hall, Samuel Nott, Samuel Newell, and Luther Rice in Tabernacle Church in Salem, Mass., February 6, 1812.
The ceremony is performed by Rev. Jedediah Morse, Rev. Edward Griffin, Rev. Samuel Spring, Rev. Leonard Woods,…