first edition 8vo, wraps, 16 pp. Some light foxing, near fine
1900 · N.p.
by [American Presbyterians Abroad - China] [Boxer Rebellion]
N.p., 1900. 8vo, wraps, 16 pp. Some light foxing, near fine. Near Fine. A memorial program for three American Presbyterian missionaries who were killed on June 30, 1900, in Paotingfu, at the newly established mission. Close to two hundred missionaries were killed as part of the uprising. This program is for three of them from the New Jersey and Philadelphia area, George Yardley Taylor, originally from Bucks County, and Cortland Van Rensselaer Hodge and Elsie Campbell Sinclair, who were married. Hodge was originally from Burlington, NJ, and Sinclair was from Iowa. They had been appointed to a mission in Peking in 1900 and were visiting Paotingfu when the mission station was attacked. The program consists of short biographies with accompanying photographs, and hymns for each. Five copies in OCLC.
(Inventory #: List1523)