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Spatial coverage Sacramento (Calif.)
Subject Methodist Church
  • A letter from Jesse Boring to Robert Paine giving an update on the mission and requesting additional missionaries be sent to support the mission, discussing the presence of Northern Methodist missionaries, and addressing published comments made in regards to Boring's management of the mission's finances.
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    Letter from Jesse Boring (San Francisco, California) to Robert Paine (Savannah, Georgia) - November 15, 1850

    Boring, Jesse
    Date
    1850-11-15
    Collection
    Robert Paine papers
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
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    A letter from Jesse Boring to Robert Paine giving an update on the mission and requesting additional missionaries be sent to support the mission, discussing the presence of Northern Methodist missionaries, and addressing published comments made in regards to Boring's management of the mission's finances.
  • An incomplete letter from Jesse Boring to Robert Paine repeating his request for additional missionaries to be sent to California, reporting on the various regions the mission is attempting to extend into, mentioning his concerns about losing membership to the Northern Methodists, and requesting permission to organize a local Conference in April of 1851.
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    Letter from Jesse Boring (San Francisco, California) to Robert Paine - November 30, 1850

    Boring, Jesse
    Date
    1850-11-30
    Collection
    Robert Paine papers
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    yellow checkmark Free
    to use
    An incomplete letter from Jesse Boring to Robert Paine repeating his request for additional missionaries to be sent to California, reporting on the various regions the mission is attempting to extend into, mentioning his concerns about losing membership to the Northern Methodists, and requesting permission to organize a local Conference in April of 1851.
  • An incomplete letter from Jesse Boring to Robert Paine expressing his dismay over his treatment by the Board of Managers and Secretaries in regards to his handling of the mission finances, detailing the struggles the missionaries and their families have had to endure only to be so poorly treated by the church itself, expressing his concern that the delay in sending monetary aid is too late to make up the lost ground, announcing his intention to no longer personally draw on the missionary funds so that more of the money may be spent to support additional missionaries, assuring Paine of his intention to continue in his role despite this, repeating his request for additional missionaries, and asking after the potential return of Brother Pollock to serve as Presiding Elder.
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    Letter from Jesse Boring (San Francisco, California) to Robert Paine - June 10, 1851

    Boring, Jesse
    Date
    1851-06-10
    Collection
    Robert Paine papers
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    yellow checkmark Free
    to use
    An incomplete letter from Jesse Boring to Robert Paine expressing his dismay over his treatment by the Board of Managers and Secretaries in regards to his handling of the mission finances, detailing the struggles the missionaries and their families have had to endure only to be so poorly treated by the church itself, expressing his concern that the delay in sending monetary aid is too late to make up the lost ground, announcing his intention to no longer personally draw on the missionary funds so that more of the money may be spent to support additional missionaries, assuring Paine of his
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