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185128435Boston: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 1851. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. A good copy with a chip throughout along top margin affecting header on two leaves chip on fore edge of rear wrapper scattered foxing. 145-160 pp. Illus. with two b/w engravings. 16mo. American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions unknown books
185128433Boston: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 1851. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. A very good copy with a little soiling on the wrappers tiny hole in rear wrapper and last leaf scattered foxing. 81-96 pp. Illus. with two b/w engravings. 16mo. American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions unknown books
184557011Boston: T. R. Marvin 1845. First Edition. 8vo pp. 32. Loosely bound in some soiled printed wraps a good copy. T. R. Marvin unknown books
184526066Boston: T. R. Marvin 1845. Paperback. Very Good. 32p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24cm. Cover splitting at base of narrow backstrip. The committee concluded that slave-holding Choctaws and Cherokees should be admitted to churches which were under the care of A.B.C.F.M. missionaries. <br/><br/> T. R. Marvin paperback books
181157660Philadelphia: printed by Thomas and William Bradford no. 2 South Front Street 1811. 8vo pp. 52; partially unopened; original drab paper wrappers; dampstain in the top margin of the first 16 pages; otherwise very good. Includes extracts from journals and letters of perhaps a dozen missionaries reporting in from Kentucky Ohio Virginia Tennessee North Carolina and including one to the Wyandots around the shores of Lake Ontario. Similar titles were issued in 1812 and 1813. American Imprints 23735; Sabin 65183. <br/><br/> printed by Thomas and William Bradford, no. 2, South Front Street unknown books
185041531Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication 1850. 12mo 14.9 cm 5.86". 36 pp.; 1 plt. <br><br>Juvenile retelling of the labors of Scottish missionary Robert Moffat and his success in turning the notorious outlaw Jager Africaner or Afrikaner towards a Christian life and away from terrorizing the South African countryside.<br>Â Â Â Â The text is illustrated with a title-page vignette and one wood-engraved plate done by W.B. Gihon. This appears to be => the first U.S. edition and is now uncommon.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Front free endpaper with pencilled inscription reading "Presented to Asa S. Crofoot / By his Uncle / 1851. Publisher's dark blue textured clothcovered limp wrappers covers stamped in blind front cover with gilt-stamped title; lightly rubbed overall most at spine. Foxing throughout; paper yet strong. Presbyterian Board of Publication hardcover books
1834WRCAM48343Hillsborough N.C. 1834. 4pp. Folio. Old folds. Minor soiling. Highly legible. Very good plus. A long letter concerning the advancement and coordination of domestic Presbyterian missions in the southern states. McDowell speaks of his travels through Petersburg Norfolk and Baltimore apparently on a journey to meet with church officials and promote and organize the missionary work of the various churches: "I was detained at Petersburg. and met with Mr. Plumer a plan was arranged for the Presbyteries in Virginia - and letters were written to several of the brethren - Mr. Plumer manifested a deep interest in our cause and has promised to do all he can for us." McDowell also writes of personnel changes in the church: "Brother Brown and Brother Kollock will both be at the meeting.the prospect of a union with our board I think is good and if that Presbytery comes in it will do much towards bringing all Virginia into close union with us. Brother Plumer expects to remove to Richmond.in the last Richmond TELEGRAPH you will find a rather interesting account of Mr. Brown's parting with his people." <br> <br> The writer Rev. William A. McDowell was Secretary of the Board of Home Missions for seventeen years as well as the first pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Bound Brook N.J. and later at the First Church in Morristown N.J. From 1823 to 1833 he was pastor at the Third Church at Charleston S.C. He was also a trustee of Princeton College. The "Mr. Plumer" her refers to in the letter was William Swan Plumer 1802-80 a Presbyterian minister who served in Petersburg Richmond Baltimore Allegheny and Pottsville Pa. He was likewise and author and a professor in the Seminary in Columbia S.C. from 1862 to 1880. <br> <br> Dr. Alexander W. Mitchell the letter's recipient had an involvement with the United Presbyterian Church which was formed by the union of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America often referred to mostly by Southerners as the "Northern" Presbyterian Church with the United Presbyterian Church of North America a smaller church of Covenanter-Seceder tradition. unknown books
1877253071San Francisco: P.J. Thomas 1877. Plates some folding. 192pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Later black buckram spine gilt. Light soiling to front endpapers. Frontispiece with some repaired closed tears other paper breaks not repaired. Internally clean. About very good. Plates some folding. 192pp. 1 vols. 8vo. An illustrated account of the Catholic missions in California. The frontispiece shows St. Mary's College. Cowan notes that some copies were issued with a large map of San Francisco which is not present in this volume. Cowan p.166 P.J. Thomas unknown books
186944744Boston: Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church 1869-72. First Edition. Quarto 18cm. Bound volume of 25 consecutive monthly issues comprising the entirety of the first two years of publication. Mild external scuffing and wear; occasional spotting and soil within; Very Good. The official monthly organ of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. In addition to financial reports and notices of internal affairs includes much of interest on women's welfare in less-developed regions of the world primarily the Indian subcontinent where the Society's activities were the most prolific but also other regions of Southeast Asia China and North Africa. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church unknown books
1842WRCAM45847Louisville: J. Eliot & Co.'s Power Press 1842. 32pp. Dbd. Titlepage lightly foxed. Three pages printed at poor angles affecting a letter or two on each line on two of the pages more severe on the third page. Good. A scarce report by this Baptist organization dedicated to ameliorating the condition of American Indians by setting up missions for them and through education. The progressive- minded missionary Isaac McCoy was a leader of the group and one of the appendices contains a seven-page report by McCoy "on the propriety of forming in the Valley of the Mississippi an American Indian Mission Association." This Association was indeed founded later in the year. OCLC locates a dozen copies. OCLC 4499095. J. Eliot & Co.'s Power Press unknown books
1838WRCAM46567Philadelphia 1838. 10 pamphlets bound in one various paginations. Modern half calf and marbled boards leather label. Light toning and soiling. Contemporary manuscript notations to one report. Very good. A run of ten annual reports for the Board of Missions of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. Reports contain details on the missionary activities as well as a list of missionaries with much on American Indian missions during the 1830's. hardcover books
1840WRCAM29191N.p. 1840. Folding map 14 3/4 x 13 inches. Colored in blue and red. Split along one fold expertly repaired backed by tissue. Very good. Archival matting and protected with Mylar sheet. A map of the United States showing the area east of the Rocky Mountains and including "Texas" and the "Provinces of Mexico." Also depicted are "Canada West" i.e. Great Lakes region and the "British Possessions" in western Canada. The map was most likely produced by the American Baptist Board for Foreign Missions and details the parts of North America into which they contemplated expanding their operations. The targeted area in the United States is colored in blue and includes the upper Midwest from the southern border of Missouri to the Iowa and Wisconsin territories in the west western Pennsylvania in the east and north to the Canadian border. The area targeted for expansion in Canada colored in red is the portion of southern Canada surrounding the Great Lakes. Up to this point the American Baptist Board for Foreign Missions had conducted most of their operations abroad including a mission in Maulmain Burma. To our knowledge this is an unrecorded map. unknown books
1816046287New York: Printed By J. Seymour 1816. Published by order of the agents appointed to establish a school for heathen youth. 44p. one-inch paper repair on the upper right margin of the t.p. some paper browning and foxing. Attractively bound in modern brown half-leather with decorative boards. Shaw & Shoemaker 36725. Printed By J. Seymour unknown books
