Letter : Mount Pleasant, Iowa, to Milton Badger, New York, 1842 Aug 26.

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Letter : Mount Pleasant, Iowa, to Milton Badger, New York, 1842 Aug 26.

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ALS from Asa Turner, congregational minister in Iowa, reporting to the Secretary of the American Home Missionary Society, Rev. Milton Badger. Turner comments on the church meetings he has attended in Mount Pleasant and Farmington, discusses the influence of religion on border politics, and writes on behalf of a Brother Wood who requests that his salary be increased as he is unable to support his family in Iowa City on his current income.

1 item ([4] p.) ; 32 cm.

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Badger, Milton, 1800-1873

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Turner, Asa, 1799-1885.

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American Home Missionary Society

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The American Home Missionary Society was formed in 1826 by the Congregational and other Protestant churches to financially assist congregations until they could be self-sufficient. From the description of American Home Missionary Society records, 1825-1837. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 663880998 In 1826 the Congregational, Presbyterian, Reformed and Associated Reformed churches formed the American Home Missionary Society to coordinate their national missiona...