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- ↑ The Home Missionary (The Home Missionary, Volumes 23-24 (June 1850) ed.). New York: Executive Committee of the American Home Missionary Society. 1851. pp. 25–32. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
the American Home Missionary Society held its Twenty Fourth Anniversary in the Broadway Tabernacle, New York on Wednesday evening, May 8th, 1850" + table on page 31 goes back to 1826 + page 32 says "at the organization of this Society in 1826
- ↑ The Home Missionary (The Home Missionary, Volumes 23-24 (June 1850) ed.). New York: Executive Committee of the American Home Missionary Society. 1851. pp. 25–32. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
"the missionaries of the United Domestic Missionary Society, whose responsibilities were transferred to it" ... "The New England State Societies, also, became integral parts of the National Society, in several successive years -- the Maine Missionary Society and the Vermont Domestic Missionary Society in the third year of its operations; the New Hampshire Missionary Society, in the fourth year; the Connecticut Missionary Society, in the fifth year; and the Massachusetts Missionary Society in the seventh year.
- 1 2 3 4 The New York State Register, for 1858. New York City: John Disturnell. 1858. p. 179 . Retrieved September 9, 2016.
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- ↑ The Home Missionary (The Home Missionary, Volumes 23-24 (June 1850) ed.). New York: Executive Committee of the American Home Missionary Society. 1851. p. 45 . Retrieved September 8, 2016.
The society now has *two missionaries* in Oregon the arrival of one, Rev. *George H. Atkinson,* and his settlement at Oregon City, were announced in the last Report. In November, the Rev. *Horace Lyman* and *Mrs. Lyman* arrived and were subsequently stationed at Portland.
- ↑ The New York State Register, for 1858. No. 333 Broadway, New York City: John Disturnell. 1858. p. 179 . Retrieved September 9, 2016.
"Milton Badger" (1858)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ↑ SEIGEL, PEGGY (December 2010). "A Passionate Missionary to the West (Charles Beecher in Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1844-1850)". Indiana Magazine of History. Indiana University. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
The new pastor's early months in Fort Wayne tested his physical and emotional fortitude. In his first quarterly report to the AHMS home office in September 1844, Charles candidly reported the difficulties he faced.
- ↑ Clark, J.B. (2006) Leavening the Nation: The Story of American Home Missions. Kessinger Publishing. p 117.
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- ↑ Edward Harold Mott Between the Ocean and the Lakes: The Story of Erie. Collins, 1899. p. 460-61
- ↑ Peters, Absalom (June 1, 1829). "Third Anniversary". The Home Missionary. New York, NY: Alexander Ming, Jr. p. 22.
- ↑ Money, Jana; Osborne, Julie; Eqleston, Elizabeth (November 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: First Methodist Episcopal Church, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT". National Park Service.
The Congregational church was the first non-Mormon denomination introduced to Utah with the establishment of the First Congregational Church in Salt Lake City in February, 1865.
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