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This letter, from D.D. Fishback to Mrs. Francis Simmerwell, addresses some of the problems faced by the missionaries at the Carney Mission, and indicates that the Baptist Female Charitable Society had raised $20 to help the missionaries "to Christianize, and civilize, the Heathen around you." The Carey Mission, which was located in present-day Michigan, was established along the St. Joseph river by Baptist missionary Isaac Mccoy and named for English Baptist missionary William Carey. The mission's primary task was educating the local Native Americans but it also served as a stopping point for American settlers as they headed west.
Creator: Fishback, D. D.
Date: May 23, 1827
Item Number: 219045
Call Number: MS Collection 500.1, Robert Simmerwell papers, Box 1, Correspondence and reports, 1827
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 219045
Collections - Manuscript - Simerwell, Robert W.
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Charitable - Lexington Baptist Female Charitable Organization
Date - 1800-1819
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable People - Simerwell, Francis
Places - Other States - Kentucky - Lexington
Places - Other States - Michigan - Carey Mission
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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