Church Missionary Society Archives: Australian Joint Copying Project, 1808-1880 (inclusive) [microform].

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Church Missionary Society Archives: Australian Joint Copying Project, 1808-1880 (inclusive) [microform].

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The M Series is especially strong in the records of missionary organizations, of trading and land companies, and of learned societies and institutions. Material includes rare maps, charts, sketches, illustrations, and portraits of aborigines, Maoris, and Pacific Islands people.

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Yake University Divinity School Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8258537

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Church Missionary Society.

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The Church Missionary Society was founded in 1799 by a small group of laymen and clergy of the Church of England. It was originally named the Society for Missions to Africa and the East. Its purpose was to enable the Church to send missionaries to Africa and other heathen areas. Henry M. Stanley, following his discovery of the missionary explorer, David Livingstone, was instrumental in opening the Uganda Mission. His famous letter, published in the Daily Telegraph in 1875, prompted a contributio...

National Library of Australia.

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Much of this collection was originally sent as specimen material to the National Library by the then Postmaster-General's Dept. Other material was presented to the Library or p̀assively' obtained in similar ways. The collection is not comprehensive. From the description of Philatelic items [manuscript]. 1860-1985. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225843143 ...