City Missionary Society, Boston

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Dates:
Active 1820
Active 1991

Biographical notes:

Boston Society for the Moral and Religious Instruction for the Poor organized 1816, incorporated 1820; renamed Boston City Missionary Society in 1841 and City Missionary Society, Boston in 1861; concerned with the basic right of children to have an education and established many Sunday schools; also involved with home visitation by paid missionaries, tract distributors, and summer programs for youth; still exists.

From the description of Records, 1820-1991. (American Congregational Association). WorldCat record id: 70973217

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Subjects:

  • Congregational churches
  • Congregational churches
  • City missions
  • Home missions
  • Missions
  • Poor children
  • Poor children
  • Poor children

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Places:

  • Massachusetts (as recorded)
  • Cleveland (Ohio) (as recorded)
  • Ohio--Cleveland (as recorded)
  • Boston (Mass.) (as recorded)
  • Eliot (Me.) (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Boston (as recorded)