American Home Missionary Society
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1826 (date of establishment)
- Existence: 1893 (date of dissolution)
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
American Home Missionary Society correspondence, 1827. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: MS4887
American Missionary Association reports, 1816-1894. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG4676
Dates:
1839-1882
Autobiography of Rev. Flavel Bascom, approximately 1875-1890. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: MS5064
Dates:
approximately 1875-1890
Congregational Home Missionary Society records, 1882-1963.
Collection
Identifier: RG5341
Abstract
The Congregational Home Missionary Society provided financial assistance for congregations that could not afford to support their own minister. They also engaged in missionary activities in locations such as states west of the Mississippi, the southern Ohio River region, Black churches in northern cities, and foreign-speaking churches. The CHMS came out of the American Home Missionary Society, which was a multi-denominational organization started in 1826 to assist congregations that are...
Dates:
1882-1963
Granville, Mass. Granville Federated Church records, 1754-1941.
Collection
Identifier: RG5235
Abstract
The First Church of Christ in Granville was gathered in 1744, and Moses Tuttle was ordained as the first minister in 1747. The first meeting house was constructed during Tuttle’s ministry. Timothy Mather Cooley, a Granville native, was called to become the minister of the First Church of Christ in 1795 and he served as the pastor for 63 years. In 1937, the First Church of Christ and the Baptist Church in Granville decided to share a building and merge to form the Granville Federated Church....
Dates:
1754-1941
Illinois Home Missionary Society records, 1872-1911.
Collection
Identifier: RG4997
Abstract
The Illinois Home Missionary Society was founded in 1871 at the annual meeting of the Congregational General Association of Illinois and was incorporated in 1873. The Society first existed under the auspices of the American Home Missionary Society and shared its mission to aid the spread of Christianity throughout the states and territories by organizing churches and commissioning ministers for congregations that lacked the financial resources to supply their own. The Society records series...
Dates:
1872-1911
Jeremiah Porter letters to American Home Missionary Society Secretaries, 1833-1835. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: MS5069
Kincaid Family papers, 1867-1913. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: MS5058
Scope and Contents
These personal papers include correspondence between Kincaid and various church institutions seeking his pastorate. Correspondence includes admission and dismission letters from his various posts at Rushville, Leavenworth, Oberlin, Oswego, the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and the American Home Missionary Society. Of note is correspondence from David J. Brewer, who later became a U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Additional records include annual papers authored by Kincaid...
Dates:
1867-1913, bulk 1867-1896
Sketch of the history of the American Home Missionary Society copied manuscript, undated. : [manuscript]
Collection — Box: Small 7, Folder: 17
Identifier: MS5115