Lambeth Palace Library : the papers of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, 1701-1750 (inclusive) [microform].

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Lambeth Palace Library : the papers of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, 1701-1750 (inclusive) [microform].

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The collection consists of about 2,500 letters and eight volumes of minutes covering the formative years from the founding of the Society in 1701 to 1750, and later papers concerning the establishment of the American episcopate after the Revolution. The correspondence is mainly with the clergy sent to America, and covers the social, economic, and political, as well as the religious history of the period.

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Yake University Divinity School Library

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