A Narrative of five youth from the Sandwich Islands, now receiving an education in this country Published by order of the agents appointed to establish a school for heathen youth

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Corporate Author: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New-York Printed by J. Seymour, no. 49 John-Street 1816
Series:Early American Imprints. Series II : Shaw/Shoemaker 1801-1819
Subjects:
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
Foreign Mission School (Cornwall, Conn.)
Christian converts > Hawaii > Biography
Hawaiians > Biography
Missions > Hawaii
Students, Foreign > United States
Hawaii > Description and travel
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Item Description:"Extract from the minutes of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, at their seventh annual meeting in Hartford. (Con.) September, 1816," p. 39-40, concerning the appointment of agents to establish a school for the education of heathen youth
"Extract from the minutes of the agency, appointed as above, to establish and conduct a school for the education of heathen youth."--p. 40-44
"The Sandwich Islands."--p. [4] of wrapper
"This publication, which aroused all New England to the plight of the natives 'suffering in ignorance of Christianity,' was directly responsible for public support of the Foreign Mission School and ultimately the beginning of the movement that sent missionaries to Hawaii in 1819." Cf. Forbes, D.W. Hawaiian national bibliography, no. 456
Cover title: A Narrative of five youth from the Sandwich Islands, viz: Obookiah, Hopoo, Tennooe, Honoree, and Prince Tamoree, now receiving an education in this country
Forbes, D.W. Hawaii, 456
Shaw & Shoemaker, 36725
Shaw & Shoemaker, 38355
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text) 22 cm

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