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Spatial coverage San Jose (Calif.)
Time Period Nineteenth century
  • 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
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    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.
  • A letter from Jesse Boring to Robert Paine mentioning his recovery from a grave illness, expressing his concerns over the apparent disregard for the California Mission as reflected in the reports from the Annual Conference, vehemently pleading the case of the mission and outlining the challenges they face in supplying literature and service to their congregations, requesting an allotment of books be sent, reporting on the work of the mission, observing that there is ample opportunity to extend missionary work (via Southern California) to Mexico, noting the success of Catholic missions, discussing the abundance of California, and urging more support for the mission in the face of the bolstered Northern Methodist missions.
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    Letter from Jesse Boring (San Francisco, California) to Robert Paine (Aberdeen, Mississippi) - March 28, 1851 and March 31, 1851

    Boring, Jesse
    Date
    1851-03-28
    Collection
    Robert Paine papers
    Copyright
    NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
    yellow checkmark Free
    to use
    A letter from Jesse Boring to Robert Paine mentioning his recovery from a grave illness, expressing his concerns over the apparent disregard for the California Mission as reflected in the reports from the Annual Conference, vehemently pleading the case of the mission and outlining the challenges they face in supplying literature and service to their congregations, requesting an allotment of books be sent, reporting on the work of the mission, observing that there is ample opportunity to extend missionary work (via Southern California) to Mexico, noting the success of Catholic missions,
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