Sherman Hall papers, 1831-1875.

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Sherman Hall papers, 1831-1875.

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Letters by Hall, a missionary under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, at La Pointe, Wisconsin, and its vicinity, 1831-1852, give data on the mission and on the customs of the Ojibwe Indians, with incidental references to the fur trade of the upper Great Lakes region. A letter written in 1853 concerns the establishment of a manual-labor school for the Indians at Crow Wing (Minn.). Letters from 1855 to 1875 relate to Hall's emigration to Sauk Rapids (Minn.) and to his subsequent life there as a farmer and as pastor of the Congregational church. They include also references to the Civil War, to the 1862 Dakota Conflict, and to general economic conditions.

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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

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The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) was among the first American Christian missionary organizations. It was created in 1810 by recent graduates of Williams College. In the 19th century it was the largest and most important of American missionary organizations and consisted of participants from Protestant Reformed traditions such as Presbyterians, Congregationalists, and German Reformed churches. Before 1870, the ABCFM consisted of Protestants of several denominati...

Hall, Sherman, 1800-1879

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