Diary, 1865.

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Diary, 1865.

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A diary kept by Abraham K. McKenzie, a businessman from Indian River, Maine, of a trip he made to Palestine with George J. Adams in 1865. Adams subsequently led an effort to establish a millenarian community of Americans in Palestine, sailing with 156 members of the Church of the Messiah from Boston to Jaffa in 1866. The group was known as the Jaffa Colony or the Palestine Emigration Association. By 1867 the colony had failed and most members had returned to the United States.

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Adams, G. J. (George Jones), 1813-1880

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Historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Strangites). From the guide to the A true history of the rise of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, of the restoration of the holy priesthood and the late discovery of ancient American records, 1982, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

McKenzie, Abraham K.

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Palestine Emigration Association

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Church of the Messiah

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The Church of the Messiah was located in the Olneyville section of Providence, Rhode Island. In the mid-nineteenth century, Olneyville became a center for textile manufacturing. The Church of the Messiah was founded in 1855 to serve the growing community of Episcopalian textile workers. The original wooden church building was erected at the corner of the Valley and High Streets (now Westminster Street), and the first services were held there in October 1855. In 1888, Eli...