Moses N. Adams papers, 1849-1902.

American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

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The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) was among the first American Christian missionary organizations. It was created in 1810 by recent graduates of Williams College. In the 19th century it was the largest and most important of American missionary organizations and consisted of participants from Protestant Reformed traditions such as Presbyterians, Congregationalists, and German Reformed churches. Before 1870, the ABCFM consisted of Protestants of several denominati...

LaGrange, Charles P.

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Clum, H. R.

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Williamson, John Poage, 1835-1917

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John Poage Williamson (1835-1917); Missionary to the Dakota Indians for the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. from 1860 to 1898, preaching in their native language, which he had learned as a child. He worked at many sites, including: the Lower Sioux Agency, Minn., 1860-1862; Fort Snelling, 1862-1863; Crow Creek, S.D., 1863-1866; Santee Agency, Neb., 1866-1869; and the Yankton Agency, S.D., 1869-1898. Williamson also acted as the Special U.S. Agent for the Flandreau Indians, 1873-1878. In 1871, h...

Whipple, George, 1805-1876

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Faribault, David, 1817-

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American Bible society

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The American Bible Society, founded in New York City in 1816, promotes the distribution of the Bible and other sacred writings with the support of religious denominations throughout the world. From the description of American Bible Society synopsis of correspondence, 1883. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517913 From the guide to the American Bible Society synopsis of correspondence, 1883, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Smith, Edward Parmelee, 1827-1876

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Edward Parmelee Smith was ordained a pastor of the Congregational Church in 1856. From 1863-1866 he served as field agent and field secretary of the U.S. Christian Commission. Smith was district secretary from 1866-1871, and then general field agent for the American Missionary Association from 1871-1873. He was Indian agent to the Chippewa Agency in Minnesota, and from 1873-1875, U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs. In 1875 Smith was elected president of Howard University. From the d...

United States. Office of Indian Affairs

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United States bureau with responsibility for Indian relations. From the description of Letter, 1846. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699812 Develops and implements, in cooperation with tribal governments, Native American organizations, other federal agencies, state & local governments, and other interested groups, economic, social, educational, and other programs for the benefit and advancement of Indian and Alaska native people. Established in 1824 within the War Dept...

Renville, Gabriel, 1824-1892

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Hamilton, J. G. (Missionary).

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Kemble, Edward C. (Edward Cleveland), 1828-1886

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Edward C. Kemble was born in Troy, N.Y.. His father was a state Senator and editor of the "Troy Budget". At 18 years of age, E.C. Kemble traveled to California with Samuel Brannan, a New York newspaper publisher, in the ship "Brooklyn". He arrived in California July 31, 1846 and took charge of the first printing office established in San Francisco (Yerba Buena at the time). Kemble edited and printed San Francisco's first newpaper, the California Star (owned by Samuel Brannan). He bought Brannan ...

Walker, Francis Amasa, 1840-1897

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American economist and educator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to the editors of The Critic [Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder], 1884 Aug. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 645501803 Lawyer, educator, and economist. From the description of Francis Amasa Walker papers, 1878-1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981602 American publicist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New Haven, Conn., to Mr. We...

Forbes, William Henry, 1815-1875.

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Daniels, Jared Waldo, 1827-1904.

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Daniels was born in Stratford, New Hampshire (June 15, 1827), the son of Joseph and Roxanne (Hatch) Daniels. His early occupations were farming and cabinet making, after which he studied medicine, graduating from Bellevue Medical College, New York City. Daniels came to Minnesota (1855) to visit his brother Asa Wilder Daniels, who served as the physician at the Lower Sioux Agency. Jared was appointed physician to the Upper Sioux Agency that same year, and assistant surgeon of the Six...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Smith, James, Jr., 1815-

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Delano, Columbus, 1809-1896

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Columbus Delano (1809-1896) was a resident of Mount Vernon, Ohio. Delano was later a United States Representative and Secretary of the Interior under President Grant. From the guide to the Columbus Delano Papers, ., 1834-1839, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) U.S. Sec. of Interior. From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Department of the Interior," Washington, D.C., to William W. Belknap, 1873 Nov...

Adams, Moses N. (Moses Newton), 1822-1902

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Moses N. Adams was born on February 14, 1822 in Rockville, Adams County, Ohio, the son of Robert and Elizabeth Baird Adams. Following a common school education, he attended Ripley (Ohio) College (ca. 1839-1845) and the Lane Theological Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio (1845-1848). He received his ministerial license on May 5, 1847 and was ordained by the Cincinnati Presbytery on June 14, 1848. He was then appointed as an American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) missi...

Riggs, Stephen Return, 1812-1883

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Stephen Return Riggs, a Presebyterian missionary, was born in Steubenville, Ohio, on March 23, 1812, the son of Stephen and Anne (Baird) Riggs. He studied at Jefferson College and the Western Theological Seminary in 1833 and 1834, and he was licensed to preach in 1836. He came to what is now Minnesota under the auspices of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in 1837, settling first at Lake Harriet (in what is now Minneapolis). Later he was sent to th...