S.P.C.K. early 18th century archives : part D, special subjects, 1705-1854 (inclusive) [microform].

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Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain). S.P.C.K. early 18th century archives : part D, special subjects, 1705-1854 (inclusive) [microform].

S.P.C.K. early 18th century archives : part D, special subjects, 1705-1854 (inclusive) [microform].

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The collection highlights special subjects relating to the activities of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, namely foreign affairs, translations and libraries. Papers relating to the East India Mission document the Society's function as the main agency for supply and assistance. French Protestant Proselyte Relief papers document relief work among Prostestant refugees, funded by an annual grant of ¹15,000 from William III. The activities of nine mutineers and their Tahitian wives who escaped from H.M.S. Bounty in 1790 are detailed in the Pitcairn Island Register and Committee Minutes. John Adams, their leader, converted Pitcairn Island to Christianity. He kept a register from 1790 to 1854 in which he recorded births, deaths, marriages, important events, current prices, visiting ships and his prayers. Papers of the Salzburg Emigration document the Society's efforts to raise ¹10,000 and organize the transport of Protestants persecuted in Salzburg under the Prince Archbishop in 1730. The refugees were taken to a new settlement in the colony of Georgia in America. The undertaking of the S.P.C.K. to translate the Bible into Arabic, Manx and Welsh is detailed in the papers in the fifth section. Minute, account and letter books of the Trustees for Erecting Parochial Libraries chronicle their attempt to develop a network of parish libraries in England in the early 18th century. Also documented are the Society's efforts to establish lending libraries in Wales.

Manuscripts.

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