Mission to the Jews collection, 1850-1859.

Straus, Julius, active 1850-1857

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Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions

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The first Presbyterian missionaries to Japan arrived in Yokohama in 1859. Despite hostility experienced by the missionaries throughout the closing decades of the 19th century, mission activities continued to expand. After 1906, the Cumberland Presbyterian Church transferred its work in Japan to the PCUSA Board of Foreign Missions. The mission's work was primarily educational and evangelistic. Because of the extensive system of Japanese hospitals and primary schools, the Board made no effort to c...

Neander, John, active 1850-1876

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Neuhaus, Frederick Immanuel, -1864

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Missionary to the Jews. From the description of Correspondence, 1833-1863. (Presbyterian Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122503001 Frederick Immanuel Neuhaus came to the United States in 1848 to become a missionary for the American Society for Meliorating the Condition of the Jews. The Ladies' Jews' Society contributed all the funds to bring Neuhaus to Philadelphia. From 1843 to 1848 he had been a missionary for the Free Church of Scotland to the Jews in Pesth and C...