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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.

students and teachers at a missionary school in Teheran, Persia (now Iran), ca. 1910

Missionary Schools (ABCFM missionary paper no.20)

Rev. Rufus Anderson (1796-1880) was a missionary, prolific author, and long-time administrator of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.

female missionary reading to a group of potential converts, watched over by an angel

caption reads: "Dr. Gurubai Karmarkar, Bombay, India with Mohammedan patient"

Mrs. Gurubai Karmarkar attended the Women's Medical College in Philadelphia, PA while her husband studied at Hartford Theological Seminary beginning in 1888. They…

first headquarters of the Woman's Board of Missions in Pemberton Square (now Government Center), Boston, MA, in use 1868-1873

These women of Ahmednagar, India were converted Christian evangelists and educators within their community.

They are pictured with American missionaries -- and sisters -- Anna (Mrs. Robert M.) Woods and Katie (Mrs. Robert Allen) Hume, daughters of…

Is Japan Destinedto take a place amongChristian Nations? Read Otis Cary'sabsolutely impartialand fascinating work A HISTORY OFCHRISTIANITYIN JAPANin two volumes Vol. I. A History of Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox…

Otis Cary was a third-generation missionary born in Hokkaido, Japan to Ellen and Otis Cary Jr.. He spent his early years there before the family returned to the United States. After attending Amherst College and Yale University, Cary joined the U.S.…