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Language English
Spatial coverage Panama
Subject Methodist conferences
  • A letter from Jesse Boring to Robert Paine discussing preparations, mainly the collection of funds and materials, for the planned mission to California.
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    Letter from Jesse Boring (Athens, Georgia) to Robert Paine (Mobile, Alabama) - December 12, 1849

    Boring, Jesse
    Date
    1849-12-12
    Collection
    Robert Paine papers
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
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    A letter from Jesse Boring to Robert Paine discussing preparations, mainly the collection of funds and materials, for the planned mission to California.
  • A letter from John Early to Robert Paine presenting options for arranging their attendance schedules at various conferences, reporting on the Western Virginia, Kentucky, and Louisville Conferences, mentioning that he is preparing certificates for ministers converting from other denominations, and discussing an issue of funding for missionaries to be sent to Central America.
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    Letter from John Early (Nashville, Tennessee) to Robert Paine (Asheville, North Carolina) - October 16, 1860

    Early, John, 1786-1873
    Date
    1860-10-16
    Collection
    Robert Paine papers
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
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    A letter from John Early to Robert Paine presenting options for arranging their attendance schedules at various conferences, reporting on the Western Virginia, Kentucky, and Louisville Conferences, mentioning that he is preparing certificates for ministers converting from other denominations, and discussing an issue of funding for missionaries to be sent to Central America.
  • A letter from H. H. Kavanaugh to Robert Paine reporting on the success of the Louisiana Conference, mentioning a transfer of a preacher to the Louisville Conference, asking about the appointments for the Alabama Conference, and sharing his plans for travelling to California via Panama.
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    Letter from H. H. Kavanaugh (Natchez, Mississippi) to Robert Paine - January 5, 1856

    Kavanaugh, H. H. (Hubbard Hinde), 1802-1884
    Date
    1856-01-05
    Collection
    Robert Paine papers
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
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    A letter from H. H. Kavanaugh to Robert Paine reporting on the success of the Louisiana Conference, mentioning a transfer of a preacher to the Louisville Conference, asking about the appointments for the Alabama Conference, and sharing his plans for travelling to California via Panama.
  • A journal kept by Elva Griffith during her and her husband, Charles', time as missionaries in South America. The journal begins with the couple receiving their official assignment and continues with their travel to New York for preparations, a description of their journey by ship to Panama and onto Ecuador and Chile, notes on events they attended including the Annual Conference meeting of the Western South America Mission Conference, detailed accounts of various Sunday activities, descriptions of their teaching duties, and updates on the family's health.
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    Journal of Elva Griffith

    Griffith, Elva Roxana
    Date
    1895 – 1907
    Collection
    Charles Minot and Elva R. Griffith papers
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
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    A journal kept by Elva Griffith during her and her husband, Charles', time as missionaries in South America. The journal begins with the couple receiving their official assignment and continues with their travel to New York for preparations, a description of their journey by ship to Panama and onto Ecuador and Chile, notes on events they attended including the Annual Conference meeting of the Western South America Mission Conference, detailed accounts of various Sunday activities, descriptions of their teaching duties, and updates on the family's health.
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