Papers. 1803-1836.

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Papers. 1803-1836.

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Correspondence, 1815-1836, chiefly concerning fund-raising for missionary work and Columbian College, including many letters to O.B. Brown and Stephen Chapin (other representative names are below); correspondence concerning educational missions with American Indians, including letter, 1825 March 1, to John C. Calhoun enclosing reports on missionary work with the Creek Indians. Financial papers concerning Columbian College, including promissory notes and account books, with some diary entries, 1815-1827. Student notebook from Andover Theological Seminary, 1810. Log book, 1812, of voyage to India. Register of correspondence, 1823-1827. Photocopies of 4 journals, 1803-1820.

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