Isaac Bird papers, 1752-1873 (inclusive), 1812-1873 (bulk).

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Isaac Bird papers, 1752-1873 (inclusive), 1812-1873 (bulk).

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Missionary. Correspondence, diaries, sermons and miscellaneous papers of Isaac Bird and other members of the Bird family chiefly relating to missionary work in Palestine and other parts of the Near East (1822-1830). Bird's studies at Yale College (1812-1816) and at the Andover Theological Seminary are documented in correspondence and in notebooks of debates, sermons and lectures. His principal correspondents are Josiah Brewer, Pliny Fisk, William Goodell and Eli Smith. Family members whose letters are in the papers include his wife, Ann Parker, his son, James and his brother-in-law, James Kinball. Included also are documents and manuscripts in Arabic.

1.75 linear ft. (4 boxes)

Yale University Library

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Andover Theological Seminary

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Bird, James, 1825-1901.

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Bird, Jonathan, 1747-1813

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Yale University.

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Bird, Isaac, 1793-1876

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ISAAC BIRD, 1793-1876 (Y.1816) ISAAC BIRD, son of Isaac and Rhoda (Selleck) Bird, was born in Salisbury, Conn., June 19, 1793. He spent the year after graduation as a teacher in the academy in West Nottingham, Md., and in Nov., 1817, entered Andover Theol. Seminary. His three years there were passed in close companionship with his classmates, William Goodell and Daniel Temple, the associates of his future missionary life, and the three friends together offere...

Bird, Samuel, 1724-1784

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Yale University. Class of 1884

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