Asa Bowen Smith correspondence, 1832-1859.

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Asa Bowen Smith correspondence, 1832-1859.

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37 ALS, 23 of them written by Smith to his brother John Curtis Bowen and his sisters Marcia and Lucia Smith, while he attended Middlebury College, Andover Theological Seminary, and Yale Theological Seminary. These letters carry local news and religious meditations. The other letters are from different sources: Mission Board members concerning his placement at a mission, two letters from home while he was in Hawaii, and several letters from family members upon his return. One letter is written on the conjugate leaf of a report entitled "American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Reduction of the Missions" dated June 26, 1837. Also included are three copies of ecclesiastical council minutes pertaining to his career.

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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...

Smith, Lucia.

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Smith, John Curtis.

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John Curtis Smith and Mary Snell Steele Smith were Congregational missionaries from New England who served in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), which was then part of the India Mission of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. From the description of John Curtis and Mary Snell Smith papers, 1837-1873 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702184416 ...

Smith, Asa Bowen, 1809-1886

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Smith was a missionary in Oregon and Hawaii. He was sent in 1838 to Oregon by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. In 1842 he became a missionary in Hawaii. He returned to the Northeast in 1846, and became a pastor of the Buckland Congregational church. From the description of Asa Bowen Smith correspondence, 1832-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702138474 Asa Bowen Smith, Congregational missionary, was born July 16, 1809 in Williamstown, Vermont. Sho...

Smith, Marcia Datlow, 1951-

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First Congregational Church (Buckland, Mass.)

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Andover Theological Seminary

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Yale College (1718-1887). Theological Dept.

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