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This item, titled General Rules for the regulation of the Fort Wayne Mission Family, details the various rules adopted by the Baptist missionaries at Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the winter of 1822. Essentially, this document establishes the guidelines by which the Baptist missionaries at Fort Wayne are going to live by as they work to spread Christianity among the Native Americans in the area. Robert Simerwell was among the first group of missionaries to Fort Wayne, and he was part of the group that established the rules governing their actions at the fort.
Creator: Simerwell, Robert, 1786-1868
Date: February 15, 1822
Item Number: 219025
Call Number: Robert W. Simerwell Coll. #500, Box 1 Correspondence and reports, 1822
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 219025
Collections - Manuscript - Simerwell, Robert W.
Community Life - Religion - Christianity - Baptist
Date - 1800-1819
Education - Adult
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - American Indians - Missions - Fort Wayne Mission
Places - Other States - Indiana - Fort Wayne
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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