Keith, George, 1639?-1716.
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
George Keith and Thomas Thompson Collection Microfilm
Collection
Identifier: CN 070
Scope and Contents
Microfilm of published memoirs concerning George Keith's and Thomas Thompson's work for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Keith was the Society's first missionary to be sent to North America. Contains experiences in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; also Increase Mather, Samuel Willard, and conformists, principally Quakers.The reel of microfilm contains the ninety-two-page tome (title page missions) of Keith's...
Dates:
Created: 1702-1756
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel: Lambeth Palace Records Microfilm
Collection
Identifier: CN 154
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of about two thousand five hundred letters and eight volumes of minutes covering the formative years of the Society, 1701-1750. Later papers document the establishment of the American episcopate after the Revolution. The correspondence is primarily with clergy sent to America, but also concerns Eurasia, especially China and India. Correspondence primarily with clergy sent to America, but also concerns work in Eurasia, particularly China and India. Topics covered...
Dates:
Created: 1679-1790
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- Church of England -- Missions. 1
- Evangelistic work -- Caribbean Area. 1
- Evangelistic work -- United States. 1
- Great Awakening. 1
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- America. 1
- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century. 1
- Indians of North America -- Missions. 1
- Manuscripts -- Great Britain. 1
- Missions -- Canada. 1
- Missions -- Caribbean Area. 1
- Missions -- China. 1
- Missions -- India. 1
- Missions -- New Jersey. 1
- Missions -- Papua New Guinea. 1
- Missions, British. 1
- Papua New Guinea. 1
- Quakers. 1
- Theologians -- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. 1
- Theologians -- United States -- History. 1
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