Notebook concerning Baptist Cherokee mission finances, 1824-1862.

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Notebook concerning Baptist Cherokee mission finances, 1824-1862.

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Manuscript notebook documenting donations and expenses in New Jersey and New York on behalf of the American Baptist Convention Cherokee Mission in North Carolina. Includes receipts for printing and binding a "Cherokee spelling book" [Wofford, J.D., The American Sunday School Spelling Book; translated into the Cherokee Language. New York: Gray and Bunce, printers, 1824]. Contains a letter from Baptist missionaries Evan Jones and Thomas Dawson recommending Roberts as an agent, and a signed statement by officials of the American Baptist Convention, supporting the recommendation. Also includes passages of scripture and notes about baptism. At the end of the notebook, following a substantial number of blank pages, is a record of marriages performed by Roberts, chiefly in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

1 v. ([37,11] p.) ; 19 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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