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American Christian Commission [Handwritten notes]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00687.120 Author/Creator: American Christian Commission Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph manuscript Date: 1861-1877 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 12.7 cm Order a Copy

This list of the various losses and gains of the Episcopal Church, the Baptist Church, the Presbyterian Mission, the Congregational Church, and a Methodist Church over the past months, encouraging the effective use of consecutively numbered envelopes and other such devices..

Powell, George May, 1835-1905
American Christian Commission

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