Edward Abbott scrapbook journal, 1903 Jan. 13-Mar. 9.

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Edward Abbott scrapbook journal, 1903 Jan. 13-Mar. 9.

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Scrapbook journal relating to visits by Edward Abbott and his wife, Katherine Abbott, to Episcopal Church missions in Cuba and Mexico. Includes descriptions of Florida (including Saint Augustine), Texas, and New Orleans. Persons represented include H.B. Abbott; Rev. W.H. McGee, priest in charge of the Episcopal Chapel in Havana; Charles G. Echeverria; Rev. José M. López-Guillén, superintendent of the American Bible Society in Cuba; and Rev. Samuel Salinas. Inserted materials include printed train and steamship schedules, original and newsprint photographs, printed maps, posters, business cards, hotel receipts, passenger tickets, ship diagram, church program (Havana, Cuba), telegrams, hand-drawn illustrations, menu, prescriptions, handbills, etc. Includes tipped-in illustration of palm trees/forest trail captioned "Florida East Coast" (frontispiece); (p. 4) hand-drawn map of St. Augustine near the Ponce di Leon, facing (p. 5) 3 pasted-in newsprint photos of the Ponce di Leon, the city gates, and the Alcazar; (p. 6) map of East Coast, Florida; (p. 25) hand-drawn map of Cuba; (p. 32) telegram regarding fear of yellow fever in Mexico; (pp. 37, 39, 41) sketches; (p. 42) color-pencil drawings, flags, International Signal Code, by Percy Petrie, Bayside, L.I.; Mexico section: sketches of man in sombrero, cacti, mountains, etc.; diagram galle del San Francisco, list of church members, bull fight handbill, etc.; copy of letter from Thomas M. Clark, Providence, R.I., to Mr. Forrester, 20 Feb. 1903; and other original correspondence.

110 p. + numerous inserted materials.

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McGee, W. H.

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Clark, Thomas M. (Thomas March), 1812-1903

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Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island. From the description of Thomas March Clark papers, 1840-1901. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 656252888 ...

Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)

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Abbott, Katherine.

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López-Guillén, José M.

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Salinas, Samuel

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Echeverría, Charles G.

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Abbott, Edward, 1841-1908

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The Reverend Edward Abbott began his ministry as a congregational pastor in Cambridge, Mass. and was later ordained by the Episcopal Church. He was rector of St. James Church in Cambridge from 1879 to 1906. In addition to his pastoral duties, he was editor of "The Congregationalist" (1869-1878) and "The Literary World" (1877-1888; 1895-1903). In 1899 the Episcopal Church elected him Missionary Bishop of Japan, a position he declined. From the description of Edward Abbott Papers, 1899...

Abbott, H. B.

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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.) ...

Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Petrie, Percy

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