The Missionary Herald: Containing the Proceedings at Large of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions - 29 Volumes (348 issues) dating from 1822-1856

Boston: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 1856. Hardcover. Good. A substantial but incomplete 29-volume run, comprised of volumes 18 (1822), 20-21 (1824-25), 23--48 (1827-1852), and 52 (1856). One physical volume containing two years (24 issues), otherwise each ontains a full year (12 issues). Mixed bindings, with some volumes in contemporary calf or paper-covered boards, some in later three-quarter leather or buckram, some only stitched together (no further binding). Most ex-library, some with detached boards or torn wrappers, but all text complete. Some scattered foxing and toning to pages, but generally quite clean. Not pretty, but a good reference set. The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions,was founded in 1810 with the aim of spreading Christianity worldwide and grew to be the largest and most important missionary organization in the United States. Although Congregationalist in origin, the organization also included missionaries from Presbyterian and Dutch and German Reformed churches. It sent missionaries to far-flung locations around the world (including India, Ceylon, China, Singapore, Siam, the Sandwich Islands/Hawaii and other Pacific Islands, and many locations in the Middle East and Africa. Men and women were also sent to minister to the native peoples of North America, including the Choctaws, Cherokees, Dakotas, Ojibwas, Senecas, Tuscaroras, and Abenaquis. The reports of these missionaries, as published in The Missionary Herald, offer highly valuable primary source material on the history of the regions and peoples they visited. Due to the size and weight of this set, additional shipping charges may apply (depending on method and distance of shipment). Please inquire for a quote.