Letters to Jeremiah Evarts concerning the Dwight mission for Cherokees in Arkansas 1824,1828.

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Letters to Jeremiah Evarts concerning the Dwight mission for Cherokees in Arkansas 1824,1828.

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Negative and positive photostats of one letter from Alfred Finney, August 12, 1824, and two letters from Cephas Washburn October 14 and 27, 1828, to Jeremiah Evarts of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. The letters describe conditions at the Dwight mission and the surrounding area or Arkansas. Description of the local settlements and missions on the Arkansas River. Mention of the potential Cherokee removal. One of the Washburn letters encloses a drawing of the mission by Asa Hitchcock.

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Cornell University Library

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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...

Huntington Free Library

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Washburn, Cephas, 1793-1860

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Finney, Susanna Washburn.

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Finney, Alfred.

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Evarts, Jeremiah, 1781-1831

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American missionary, reformer and activist for the rights of Native Americans and a leading opponent of the Indian removal policy; treasurer and corresponding secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. From the description of Jeremiah Evarts letter to to David Root [manuscript], 1828 March 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 781300996 Jeremiah Evarts (February 3, 1781-May 10, 183 1) was a New England lawyer and philanthropist who ab...

Hitchcock, Asa.

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Takatoka.

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