Grammar and dictionary of the Marshallese language : manuscript, [1871-1881]
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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...
J. F. W. (Joel Fisk Whitney), 1843-
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Whitney graduated from the Andover Theological Seminary in 1871, and in the same year was appointed as missionary to Micronesia by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. He worked chiefly on the Marshallese island of Ebon, translating scriptures and hymns into the native language, as well as writing Marshallese educational books on geography and other subjects, before returning to the United States in 1881. From the description of Vocabulary, new words, and idioms ...
