Perkins papers, ca. 1830-1869.

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...

Amherst College

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Founded in 1821, Amherst College developed out of the secondary school Amherst Academy. The college was originally suggested as an alternative to Williams College, which was struggling to stay open. Although Williams survived, Amherst was formed and diverged into its own institution....

Amherst College. Class of 1830. Schneider.

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Bliss, Edwin Elisha, 1817-1892

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Schauffler, William G. (William Gottlieb), 1798-1883

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Epithet: Reverend; American missionary in Turkey British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000618.0x000068 ...

Amherst College. Class of 1837. Bliss.

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Tyler, W. S. (William Seymour), 1810-1897

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Tyler grew up in Harford, Pennsylvania, where he was born in 1810. He went to Hamilton College before coming to Amherst College for a year and graduating from Amherst in 1830. Afterwards, he attended Andover Theological Seminary while intermittently teaching at Amherst Academy, 1830-1831, and tutoring at Amherst College, 1832-1834. He pursued his theological course until 1836 when he became professor of Latin and Greek Languages and Literature at Amherst College, 1836-1847, and subsequently of G...

Dwight, H. G. O. (Harrison Gray Otis), 1803-1862

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Riggs, Elias, 1810-1901

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Goodell, William, 1792-1867

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Congregationalist clergyman and missionary to Armenians in the Turkish empire, sponsored by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. From the description of Papers of William Goodell, 1818-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80812996 Congregational minister to Turkish empire, sponsored by American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. From the description of Papers, 1818-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28410342 ...

Schneider, Benjamin, 1807-1877

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Amherst College. Class of 1830. Tyler.

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Fiske, Fidelia, 1816-1864

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Fidelia Fiske was born on May 1, 1816 in Shelburne, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Rufus Fiske and Hannah Woodward Fiske. Fiske was educated in Shelburne district schools and spent one term at Franklin Academy. She taught in Shelburne's district schools before entering Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in 1839. Her education was interrupted in 1840-1841 while she recovered from typhoid fever. She returned in the fall of 1841 and graduated in 1842. After teaching for a year at the Seminary, s...

Hamlin, Cyrus, 1811-1900

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Cyrus Hamlin was a Congregational clergyman and missionary to Turkey for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. He was founder and president of Robert College, Constantinople (1860-1877). George Washburn was a Congregational clergyman, missionary to Turkey, professor, and president of Robert College (1878-1903). He was married to Henrietta Hamlin, daughter of Cyrus Hamlin. From the description of Additional family correspondence, 1850-1915. (Harvard University). Wo...

Amherst College. Class of 1829. Riggs.

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Amherst College. Class of 1829. Perkins.

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Southgate, Horatio, 1812-1894

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Episcopal clergyman, bishop, missionary to Constantinople, author of a "Narrative of a Tour Through Kurdistan, Persia and Mesopotamia." From the description of Autograph of Horatio Southgate, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49516886 Episcopal Missionary Bishop in the Ottoman Empire. From the description of Horatio Southgate papers, 1836-1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 664246173 Protestant Episcopal bishop; B.A., Bowdoin, 1832; att...

Perkins, Justin, 1805-1869

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Congregational clergyman and missionary. From the description of Papers, 1829-1844. (Andover Newton Theological School). WorldCat record id: 47907374 Epithet: American missionary in Persia British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000149.0x0001b4 Perkins was head of the "Nestorian Mission" of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. From the description of Miscellaneous l...