Company for Propagation of the Gospel in New England letterbook, 1688-1761 (inclusive), [microform].

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Company for Propagation of the Gospel in New England letterbook, 1688-1761 (inclusive), [microform].

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The majority of correspondents in the letterbooks are Company governors, secretaries or clerks, and treasurers who are writing to the Commissioners in America. The letters discuss affairs of the Company, requests and directives to the Commissioners, and financial matters. In addition the letterbook contains copies of various charters, financial receipts, deeds, indentures, and other legal papers.

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Company for Propagation of the Gospel in New England and the Parts Adjacent in America

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The "Society for Propagation of the Gospel in New England" was chartered in 1649 for the purpose of converting the New England Indians. In 1661/62 it was rechartered and named the "Company for Propagation of the Gospel in New England and the parts adjacent in America." The Company sponsored missionaries in America until the Revolutionary War at which time its missionary activities were turned to Canada. In 1961 it was still functioning under the name of "New England Company." From th...