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→American Baptist Missionaries: Samuel Stearns Day Collection
In 1816 Mr & Mrs Hough were the first missionaries sent out by the Baptist Missionary Convention.
Originally written for young people, this title provides an accessible history of the work of Baptists in India and Burma: Chaplin, A. Ada C. ''Our gold-mine: The story of American Baptist Missions in India''. United States: W.G. Corthell, 1889. [https://www.google.co.nz/books/edition/Our_Gold_mine/_BxBAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Online verion].
: Names of societies:
:Baptist Missionary Convention
:Baptist Missionary Union
:Woman’s Baptist Missionary Society
: Search [https://libraries.mercer.edu/archivesspace Archives Space]
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The Samuel Stearns Day Collection (AR. 143): "This is a significant archive on early mission efforts in India by Baptists. The main parts of the collection consist of biographical information, correspondence, diaries, journals, reports to the American Baptist Foreign Mission Board, sermons, and materials concerning mission work among the Telugus. The dates of these papers span the years 1825 – 1912. The biographical information is mainly concerning the Day and Stearns families." See [http://www.sbhla.org/downloads/143.pdf The Inventory] for more detail.
:Held by:
: Southern Baptist Historical Library & Archives (SBHLA)
: The Southern Baptist Convention Building
: 901 Commerce Street, #400
: Nashville, TN 37203-3630
: USA.
: Phone 615-244-0344
=== American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) ===
