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Small Collection 58 [February 22, 1996]

Judson, Adoniram; 1788-1850

Ephemera; 1887

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Restrictions

There are no restrictions on the use of this collection.

Biography

First American foreign missionary; born, 1788; served as a missionary for nearly forty years in Burma and India; suppported by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and later by American Baptist Missionary Union; noted for founding Christianity in Burma, translating entire Bible into Burmese and establishing mission.

Scope and Content

Letters from Edward Judson, theologian, pastor and son of Adoniram Judson, to G.W. Freeman about building a memorial in New York City to his father, the first American foreign missionary.

Provenance

The materials for this collection were received by the Center in February 1980 from Janet Landwehr.

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