Papers, 1837-1843.
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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
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The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) was among the first American Christian missionary organizations. It was created in 1810 by recent graduates of Williams College. In the 19th century it was the largest and most important of American missionary organizations and consisted of participants from Protestant Reformed traditions such as Presbyterians, Congregationalists, and German Reformed churches. Before 1870, the ABCFM consisted of Protestants of several denominati...
Greene, David, 1797?-1866
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Secretary, American Board of Missions, Boston, Massachusetts. From the description of Papers, 1837-1843. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29852580 ...
Smith, Asa Bowen, 1809-1886
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Smith was a missionary in Oregon and Hawaii. He was sent in 1838 to Oregon by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. In 1842 he became a missionary in Hawaii. He returned to the Northeast in 1846, and became a pastor of the Buckland Congregational church. From the description of Asa Bowen Smith correspondence, 1832-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702138474 Asa Bowen Smith, Congregational missionary, was born July 16, 1809 in Williamstown, Vermont. Sho...
Gray, W. H. (William Henry), 1810-1889
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Dr. William Henry Gray, a physician and lay missionary for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, was born on May 10, 1810. In 1836, he joined Marcus Whitman and Henry H. Spalding to travel overland and establish a mission for the Indians of the Oregon Country. In 1837, Gray traveled east in order to obtain more recruits for the missions and returned the following year with his new bride, Mary Augusta Dix Gray. William Gray was also instrumental in the formation of Oregon's Pr...
Parker, Samuel, 1779-1866
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Reverend Samuel Parker was born on April 23, 1779 in Ashfield, Massachusetts. After his ordination in 1812, Parker preached and taught for over twenty years in New York. In 1833, he volunteered for service under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Two years later, he and Dr. Marcus Whitman traveled to the Green River to determine the feasibility of an Indian mission for the Flathead and Nez PerceĢ tribes. Whitman returned east, while Parker continued west and spent the wint...
