Secretaries' files, 1839-1871.

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Secretaries' files, 1839-1871.

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Consists primarily of BFM incoming correspondence and reports during the tenure of Walter Lowrie, its first Corresponding Secretary. Some outgoing correspondence is also included. The collection also includes four letterbooks, two of which contain correspondence from his son and successor as Corresponding Secretary, John C. Lowrie (1808-1900). A few personal items are included.

1 cubic ft.

Presbyterian Historical Society, PHS

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SNAC Resource ID: 7260684

Presbyterian Historical Society, PHS

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Lowrie, Walter, 1784-1868

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State legislator and U.S. senator, of Pennsylvania; secretary of the Senate; and corresponding secretary of Board of Foreign Missions, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. From the description of Papers, 1839-1871. (Presbyterian Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122516035 U.S. senator of Pennsylvania and businessman. From the description of Papers of Walter Lowrie, 1827-1839. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015087 ...

Lowrie, John C. (John Cameron), 1808-1900

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Assistant corresponding secretary (1838-1850) and corresponding secretary (1850-1891), Board of Foreign Missions, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. From the description of Papers, 1845-1885. (Presbyterian Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122558138 ...

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...