Letters : to Benjamin Trumbull, 1800-1801.

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Letters : to Benjamin Trumbull, 1800-1801.

Letters concern the missionary work of the Moravian Church among Native Americans. The notice concerns the plan of the New York Missionary Society set forth in 1798.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7798438

Houghton Library

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Ettwein, John, 1721-1802

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John Ettwein (1721-1802) was a Moravian missionary in Germany, Holland, and England before coming to the American colonies in 1754 with a group of 50 Moravians. Ettwein was involved in various missions among the Native Americans in the middle colonies, including Georgia. In 1763, he was placed in charge of all Moravian work in North Carolina, and was responsible for the church's property in South Carolina and Georgia. During the Revolutionary War he was pronounced a Loyalist for his refusal to f...

Moravian Church

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The Moravians came to the United States in 1735 primarily to preach the gospel to the Indians. Although the Moravians had contacts with many Indian tribes, they did most of their work among the Delawares. They followed this tribe westward from Pennsylvania to Ohio, to Canada, to Indiana,and finally to Kansas. They also worked among the Mahicans in New York and Connecticut, and among the Cherokees in Georgia and Oklahoma. The work lasted until 1900, for a total of over 150 years. From...

Trumbull, Benjamin, 1735-1820

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American Congregational divine and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : North Haven, to Rev. Mr. Patten, 1811 Jun. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573313 Benjamin Trumbull was born on December 19, 1735, in Hebron, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale College in 1759 and began work as pastor for the Congregational Church of North Haven, Connecticut, in 1760. He served there for sixty years, interrupted only by service as a chaplain during the Revol...

New York Missionary Society

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