Letter from George F. Pierce (Sacramento, California) to Robert Paine (Aberdeen, Mississippi) - August 24, 1859
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- https://digital.library.emory.edu/purl/8601zcrkmk-cor
- Other Identifiers:
- dams:597254
- Institution:
- Emory University
- Library:
- Pitts Theology Library
- Sublocation:
- Box 1, Folder 17
- Call Number:
- P-MSS 404
About This Item
- Date Created:
- August 24, 1859
- Format:
- Text
- Genre:
- letters (correspondence)
- Extent / Dimensions:
- 5.9 x 9.1 inches
- Description / Abstract:
- A letter from George F. Pierce to Robert Paine reporting on the work being done in California and along the Pacific Coast, demanding the transfer of several preachers to the Pacific Conference to improve their numbers and strengthen what hold they have, discussing the challenges he faces with Orceneth Fisher in Oregon, and asking for Paine's support when requesting more preachers to help fill the gap between the Rio Grande Conference and the Pacific Conference.
Subjects / Keywords
- Subject - Topics:
- Travel, Missionaries, Methodist conferences, Church work, Priests, Methodist Church, Bishops, and Missions
- Subject - Names:
- Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Rio Grande Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Pacific Conference, and Fisher, Orceneth, 1803-1880
- Subject - Geographic Locations:
- Oregon, El Paso (Tex.), Texas, Southern States, and California
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- The online edition of this book in the public domain, i.e., not protected by copyright, has been produced by the Emory University Digital Library Publications Program.
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About This Item
- Date Created:
- August 24, 1859
- Format:
- Text
- Genre:
- letters (correspondence)
- Extent / Dimensions:
- 5.9 x 9.1 inches
- Description / Abstract:
- A letter from George F. Pierce to Robert Paine reporting on the work being done in California and along the Pacific Coast, demanding the transfer of several preachers to the Pacific Conference to improve their numbers and strengthen what hold they have, discussing the challenges he faces with Orceneth Fisher in Oregon, and asking for Paine's support when requesting more preachers to help fill the gap between the Rio Grande Conference and the Pacific Conference.
Subjects / Keywords
- Subject - Topics:
- Travel, Missionaries, Methodist conferences, Church work, Priests, Methodist Church, Bishops, and Missions
- Subject - Names:
- Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Rio Grande Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Pacific Conference, and Fisher, Orceneth, 1803-1880
- Subject - Geographic Locations:
- Oregon, El Paso (Tex.), Texas, Southern States, and California
Find This Item
- Persistent URL:
- https://digital.library.emory.edu/purl/8601zcrkmk-cor
- Other Identifiers:
- dams:597254
- Institution:
- Emory University
- Library:
- Pitts Theology Library
- Sublocation:
- Box 1, Folder 17
- Call Number:
- P-MSS 404
Access and Copyright
- Rights Statement:
- The online edition of this book in the public domain, i.e., not protected by copyright, has been produced by the Emory University Digital Library Publications Program.
- Rights Status:
- No Copyright - United States
Emory Libraries provides copyright information as a courtesy and makes no representation about copyright or other legal status of materials in its digital collections.