History of American Missions to the Heathen, from Their Commencement to the Present Time.
- Singerman ID
- supp1242
- Year
- 1840
- Entry
- History of American Missions to the Heathen, from Their Commencement to the Present Time. Worcester: Spooner & Howland, 1840. 726 p.
- Location
- Worcester, MA
- Holdings
- In most academic libraries
- Title
- History of American Missions to the Heathen, from Their Commencement to the Present Time.
- Language
- English
- Printer/Publisher
- Spooner & Howland
- Notes
- Includes "History of the American Board of Commssioners for Foreign Missions" (Joseph Tracy), "History of the Missions of the Baptist General Convention" (Solomon Peck), "History of the Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church" (Enoch Mudge), "Missionary Efforts of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States" (William Cutter), "History of the Freewill Baptist Foreign Mission Society" (Enoch Mack), and "History of the Board of Foreign Missions of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America" (Joseph Tracy). The anonymous compiler is Southworth A. Howland, per the American Antiquarian Society’s catalog record. In addition to the missionary labors of Joseph Wolff, there is information about early missions to the Jews of India, Palestine, and Turkey, the latter by William Schauffler. Several errors in paging. Rinderknecht 40-3171. Joseph Tracy’s "History of the American Board of Commssioners for Foreign Missions," the opening section, also appeared as a separate publication: Worcester: Spooner & Howland, 1840 (346 p.); 2d ed., carefully revised and enlarged. New-York: M. W. Dodd, 1842 (viii, 452 p.).
- Collection
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Chronological File, 1676 to 1900
Part of History of American Missions to the Heathen, from Their Commencement to the Present Time.
“History of American Missions to the Heathen, from Their Commencement to the Present Time.”, Judaica Americana II, accessed September 16, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/singerman/item/50104