American Bible Society records
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- Title:
- American Bible Society records
- Date:
- 1836 to 1849
- Creator:
- American Bible Society.
- Description:
- Letters from colporteurs for the American Bible Society concerning financial reports, sales, and difficulties encountered in North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, and India. Among problems reported were bad weather and resistance due to the influence of Baptists and Episcopalians. One letter (1848 Apr. 13) from Rev. John C. Rankin contains expense account for travels with his wife and children through Georgia, North Carolina, and India. Among other correspondents were John C. Brigham, J.R. Shepherd, Joseph Hyde, Charles F. Deems, S.C. Lindsley, Thomas J. Lemay, William Geddy Hill, and Walter Lowrie.
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- Missionaries -- India
- Missionaries -- Salaries, etc
- Baptists -- Southern States -- History
- Episcopalians -- Southern States -- History
- Brigham, John C.
- Deems, Charles F. (Charles Force), 1820-1893,correspondent.
- Hill, William Geddy.,correspondent.
- Hyde, Joseph
- Lemay, Thomas Jefferson, 1802-1863,correspondent.
- Lindsley, S. C.,correspondent.
- Lowrie, Walter M.
- Rankin, John C. (John Chambers), 1816-1900,correspondent.
- Shepherd, J. R.,correspondent.
- American Bible Society
- Georgia -- Religious life and customs
- North Carolina -- Religious life and customs
- Virginia -- Religious life and customs
- Format:
- correspondence
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 6 items
- Digital Collection:
- American Bible Society records
- Provenance:
- Purchase 1979
- Rights:
- Free Re-UsePublic Domain
- Identifier:
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- RL.30044
- 001616562
- duke:521242
- secst0055
- ark:/87924/r4qv3fw9q
- 94d29d67-f6d1-42cf-9f08-6dec276b2f09
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- https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4qv3fw9q
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