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Reference code
Mss1212_B1F2_007
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Item
Title
Speech at an Annual Conference of Missionaries
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Extent
speeches (documents); 5 pages
Name of creator
(1803-1845)
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Scope and content
Handwritten document, possibly part of a speech or sermon given at an annual conference for missionaries. Multiple pages are missing. The writer speaks of Reverend Jason Lee's journey to Oregon to do God's work. The writer welcomes his audience to the church and to the conference and urges them to follow in Reverend Lee's footsteps and continue his Christian work. [The writer uses language common to justifying the nineteenth century missionary movement, including using disparaging and inaccurate terms and/or descriptions of Native peoples.]
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No Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
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Languages of the material
- English
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Existence and location of originals
Jason Lee Papers 1834-1845; Mss 1212; Box 1; Folder 2; 007