Papers, undated.

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Papers, undated.

Letters, financial accounts, and other papers, dated 1649-1656, concerning the Company for Propagation of the Gospel in New England and the Parts Adjacent in America; many of the letters, in which there is a description of the work the company has been doing in the colonies, are solicitations for funds.

1 v. (109 leaves) ; 42 cm.

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The "Society for Propagation of the Gospel in New England" was chartered in 1649 for the purpose of converting the New England Indians. In 1661/62 it was rechartered and named the "Company for Propagation of the Gospel in New England and the parts adjacent in America." The Company sponsored missionaries in America until the Revolutionary War at which time its missionary activities were turned to Canada. In 1961 it was still functioning under the name of "New England Company." From th...