Letters to Rev. and Mrs. Isaac Bird, 1822-1835.

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Letters to Rev. and Mrs. Isaac Bird, 1822-1835.

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Collection of 10 letters written to Rev. Isaac Bird and/or his wife Ann P. Bird when they were missionaries in Beirut. Many of the letters mention the diseases affecting the area and one letter has slashes in it from when it was fumigated. The letters also give news of the conditions other missionaries in the Middle East were working in, such as a fire destroying a school and the absence of gingham with which to make dresses. One of the Arabic letters concerns repayment of a debt owned to Rev. Bird. Two separate translations of the 4 letters in Arabic is included.

10 letters (2 folders)

eng,

ara,

Mount Holyoke College, Williston & Miles-Smith Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7635100

Mount Holyoke College, Williston & Miles-Smith Library

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