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New Mexico letters and journal : typescript, 1849-1852.
BANC MSS P-E 226LOCAL
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Title:

New Mexico letters and journal : typescript, 1849-1852

Creator/Contributor:

Read, Hiram Walker, 1819-1895, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Hayne, Coe, 1875-1961

Creator/Contributor:

Read, Alzina A. J., Correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

American Baptist Home Mission Society

Abstract:

Typescript compiled by Coe Hayne from the American Baptist Home Mission Society's Home Mission Record, December, 1849-January, 1852.
Read was the first Baptist missionary to New Mexico, going out in 1849 and returning late in 1851. Letters (including some by his wife, Alzina A.J. Read) and journal excerpts describe the state of society and the economy of New Mexico, his educational labors in Santa Fe, and missionary tours in 1851.

Date:

1849 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-nm
Education -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe
Missions -- New Mexico
Baptists -- New Mexico
Baptistes -- Nouveau-Mexique
Baptists
Economic history
Education
Missions
New Mexico -- Economic conditions
Santa Fe (N.M.)
Nouveau-Mexique -- Conditions économiques
New Mexico
New Mexico -- Santa Fe

Type:

Diaries.

Physical Description:

33 leaves ; 28 cm

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS P-E 226LOCAL

Origin:

New Mexico