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The American Missionary — Volume 36, No. 10, October, 1882

RECEIPTS FOR AUGUST, 1882.

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MAINE, $181.39.

Dennysville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $9.00

Gorham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.28

Gorham. T. P. Irish, for Needmore S. S., 5; Mrs. Caroline F. Smith, 5, for Talladega C. 10.00

Limington. Arzella Boothby, for John Brown Steamer 5.00

Machias. Centre St. Sab. Sch., 5; Miss U. M. Penniman, 5 10.00

Portland. Rev. John O. Holbrook 5.00

South Waterford. Giles Shurtliff 2.00

Waterford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.31

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$71.59

LEGACY.

Vassalborough. Estate of Mary B. Buxton, by Samuel Titcomb, Exr. 109.80

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$181.39

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $441.57.

Acworth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00

Bedford. Mrs. S. P. D. 1.00

Centre Harbor. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.00

Chester. C. S. G. 1.00

Concord. A. J. H., Mrs. A. S. and Mrs. I. N. A. 2.00

Exeter. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., 22; “Friends,” 8, for Student Aid, Talladega C. 30.00

Goffstown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (10 of which for John Brown Steamer) 45.60

Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.96

Hollis. Cong. Ch. 8.54

Keene. Second Cong. Sab. Sch. 25.00

Littleton. Cong. Ch. 14.25

Monroe. Cong Ch. and Soc. 4.51

New Ipswich. Cong. Ch. (1 of which for John Brown Steamer), 12.53; A. N. T., 1 13.53

Pembroke. Cong. Ch. 25.50

Peterborough. Rev. Geo. Dustan, Bbl. of C, and 2 for freight, for Tougaloo U. 2.00

Plainfield. Mrs. Hannah Stevens, for John Brown Steamer 8.00

Portsmouth. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. (5 of which for Indian work at Hampton) 159.98

Tilton. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00

Wakefield. Rev. N. Barker, 2; Mrs. M. J. B., 1 3.00

Westmoreland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00

Winchester. Cong. Ch., 34.51; Sab. Sch., 9.19, for S. S. work 43.70

VERMONT, $383.43.

Berlin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.30

Brattleborough. Dea. Joseph Wilder, 10; G. H. Clapp, 5; H. Hadley, 5; Mrs. B. A. Clark, 2, for Talladega C. 22.00

Burlington. Winooski Av. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Lady Missionary at Topeka 44.15

Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.33

Hinesburgh. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.75

Jamaica. Cong. Ch. and Soc., ad’l 1.00

Johnson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00

Londonderry. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00

Ludlow. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 14; Sab. Sch., 4.40 18.40

Ludlow. Mrs. L. H. Coffin 2.00

Middlebury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 29.97

North Craftsbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00

St. Johnsbury. No. Church, for Parsonage 25.00

Sheldon. Cong. Sab. Sch. 20.00

Springfield. Mrs. Frederick Parks 100.00

Swanton. Cong. Ch. 26.72

Tyson Furnace. By L. G. 0.65

West Enosburgh. Henry Fassett 5.00

Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.16

MASSACHUSETTS, $2,576.96.

Amesbury. Elijah P. Elliott 2.00

Amesbury and Salisbury. Union Ch. 4.00

Amherst. First Cong. Ch. 50.00

Amherst. Miss Mary H. Scott, for Student Aid, Tougaloo U. 7.00

Amherst. Mrs. T. F. Huntington, for Atlanta U. 2.00

Ashby. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.01

Boston. S. D. Smith, Organs 700.00

Boston. Woman’s Home Missionary Ass’n., for Lady Missionaries 165.77

Bradford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 46.00

Brookfield. Evang. Cong. Ch. 100.00

Buckland. Cong. Ch. 17.52

Cambridge. North Ave. Ch. and Soc. 302.00

Chelsea. Third Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.66

Chelsea. Union Home Mission Band, for Lady Missionary, Chattanooga, Tenn. 25.00

Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. 5.50

Coleraine. Cong. Ch. 12.00

Conway. Cong. Ch. 28.55

Curtisville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.00

Danvers. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. Mary U. Tapley and Wm. H. Kimball, L. Ms. 90.00

Deerfield. Miss C. E. Williams, for Atlanta U. 2.00

Easton. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00

Falmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 46.00

Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch., 188.48; First Cong. Ch., 10 198.48

Greenwich. Rev. E. P. Blodgett, 2.; Mrs. S. G. C., 1; Miss A. E. B., 1.; Miss M. E. B., 50c., for Atlanta U. 4.50

Hadley. E. Porter 10.00

Housatonic. Cong. Sab. Sch., for John Brown Steamer 10.00

Ipswich. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.31

Marshfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 84.02

Mattapoisett. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.10

Medford. “A Friend” 1.00

Middlefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.00

Natick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00

Newton Centre. C. L. H. 1.00

Northampton. First Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Atlanta U. 25.00

North Somerville. “A Friend” 1.00

Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 33.73

Palmer. Mrs. E. G. Learned, for John Brown Steamer 2.00

Randolph. Miss Abbie W. Turner 10.00

Salem. J. P. A. 1.00

Sandwich. Mrs. W. F. 1.00

Shelburne. First Cong. Soc. 50.72

Southbridge. Mrs. M. F. Leonard, 5; Miss Leonard, 3; E. S. Swift, 3; “Friends,” 2.75, for Talladega C. 13.75

South Egremont. Cong. Ch. 25.00

Stoneham. “A Friend” 1.00

Sturbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00

Taunton. Trinity Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. Mrs. Anna Corey, Ferdinand S. Read, Wm. F. Perry, Miss Mary B. Rhodes, Miss Annie B. Woodward, L. Ms. 175.00

Upton. Cong. Sab. Sch., for John Brown Steamer 25.00

Webster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00

Westborough. Mrs. M. M. Morse, for John Brown Steamer 5.00

West Newton. Mrs. Sarah Erving, for John Brown Steamer 5.00

West Roxbury. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Straight U. 25.00

Whitinsville. Cong. Sab. Sch. 24.34

Woburn. “A Friend,” for John Brown Steamer 20.00

RHODE ISLAND, $281.00.

Little Compton. United Cong. Ch. 16.00

Newport. Mrs. S. L. Little, for Rebuilding Emerson Inst. 5.00

Pawtucket. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00

Providence. David A. Waldron 250.00

CONNECTICUT, $2,860.53.

Branford. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Land, Tillotson C. and N. Inst. 25.00

Bridgeport. Alfred and Edith Palmer, for John Brown Steamer 5.00

Chapinville. “M. A. N.,” for Chinese M. 5.00

Colchester. Mrs. C. F. Skeele, for John Brown Steamer 5.00

Collinsville. H. N. Goodwin, for John Brown Steamer 5.00

Durham. First Cong. Ch. 25.00

East Hampton. Cong. Ch., 23.42; Mrs. Chauncey Bevin, 2 25.42

Fairfield. Sab. Sch. Class, Colored Children, for John Brown Steamer 3.16

Guilford. “A Friend,” for Talladega C. 5.00

Haddam Neck. “Friends,” by Rev. F. Munson, for John Brown Steamer 6.00

Hadlyme. Richard E. Hungerford (10 of which for John Brown Steamer) 60.00

Hanover. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 18.55

Hartford. Windsor Av. Cong. Ch. to const. Mrs. Fannie E. R. Gates L. M. 30.00

Lakeville. “Friend” 5.00

Lebanon. First Cong. Ch. 62.06

Litchfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., for John Brown Steamer 20.00

Mansfield Centre. H. D. Russ, for Talladega C. 4.00

Middletown. Third Cong. Ch. (Westfield) 15.00

Middletown. “A. B. C.,” for John Brown Steamer 2.00

Mount Carmel. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Atlanta U. 66.87

New Britain. South Cong. Ch. 121.21

New Britain. South Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., for John Brown Steamer 50.00

New Haven. “A Friend” 5; Amos Townsend, 5. 10.00

New London. “A Friend,” for John Brown Steamer 5.00

North Branford. Cong. Ch. 8.00

Northfield. Cong. Ch. 31.50

Norwich. Mrs. M. B. Holyoke, for Student Aid, Atlanta U. 100.00

Norwich Town. Chas. B. Baldwin 10.00

Norwich Town. First Cong. Ch. for John Brown Steamer 5.00

Putnam. “E. W. S.” 15, “M. A. K.” 5 20.00

Ridgefield. Cong. Ch. 29.45

South Norwalk. Mary Spikenard 2.00

Simsbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 43.55

Stonington. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 116.10

Terryville. Mr. and Mrs. Elizur Fenn 10.00

Thomaston. Cong. Ch., 28.75, and Sab. Sch., 36.17 64.92

Thompson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.97

Torringford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.50; “A Friend,” 2. 21.50

Washington. Cong. Ch. 68.70

Washington. “Z.,” for Indian M. 1.00

Waterbury. Second Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., for John Brown Steamer 63.76

West Haven. Mrs. Emeline Smith 10.00

West Winsted. Second Cong. Ch. 151.31

Willimantic. Linen Company, 27.50; W. C. Jillson, 10; Mrs. D. B. Tracy, 10, for Talladega C. 47.50

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$1,410.53

LEGACIES.

Middletown. Estate of Chas. Dunning, by Chas. A. Boardman, Ex. 800.00

New London. Trust Estate of Henry P. Haven (300 of which for Talladega C.) 650.00

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$2,860.53

NEW YORK, $734.67.

Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., for Missionaries at Fernandina, Fla., and Ladies Island, S.C. 175.00

Brooklyn. East Cong. Ch., 55; Mrs. Lucy Thurber, 5; H. M. W., 1; E. J. H., 50c. 61.50

Coventryville. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.15; Sab. Sch., 2 30.15

Crown Point. First Cong. Ch., 94.25; Second Cong. Ch., 6. 100.25

Eaton. Cong. Ch. 12.00

Gerry. Mrs. M. A. Sears 178.36

Gilbertsville. A. Wood, A. M. 10.00

Kiatone. Cong. Ch. 7.73

McGrawville. “Friend,” for John Brown Steamer 5.00

Mina. Mrs. A. T. 1.00

Moravia. First Cong. Ch. 14.50

New York. Joseph S. Holt 15.00

New York. Colored Orphan Asylum, Children, for John Brown Steamer 5.00

Pekin. Miss Abigail Peck 10.00

Perry Centre. “A Friend” 5.00

Pierrepont. Mrs. Sarah M. Gleason 2.00

Poughkeepsie. First Cong. Ch., 34.79; Mrs. M. J. Myers, 20 54.79

Syracuse. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 16.26

Syracuse. A. B., for John Brown Steamer 1.00

Walton. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 30.13

NEW JERSEY, $258.02.

East Orange. “L. F. H.” 10.00

Irvington. Rev. Almon Underwood 50.00

Lakewood. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Langdon 2.00

Lyons Farms. Presb. Sab. Sch., for Needmore Chapel, Talladega, Ala. 8.75

Mendham. Rev I. W. Cochran 5.00

Montclair. First Cong. Ch. 182.27

PENNSYLVANIA, $5.50.

Orwell. G. H. H. 0.50

Worth. John Burgess 5.00

OHIO, $654.12.

Adams Mills. Mrs. M. A. Smith 10.00

Akron. Cong. Ch. 92.12

Austinburgh. M. L. A., for John Brown Steamer 1.00

Ashtabula. First Cong. Sab. Sch., for John Brown Steamer 10.00

Bellevue. E. K., for John Brown Steamer 1.00

Chatham Centre. Cong. Ch. 22.00

Cleveland. Heights Cong. Ch. 100.00

Kingsville. M. Whiting 25.00

Madison. By Mrs. St. John, for Student Aid, Tougaloo U. 56.00

Mansfield. Miss Susan M. Sturges, for John Brown Steamer 10.00

Mantua. Rev. Geo. Thompson 1.50

Medina. First Cong. Ch. 118.00

Mesopotamia. By Mrs. St. John, for Student Aid, Tougaloo U. 3.50

New Richland. Mrs. Elizabeth Johnston, 1, for Student Aid, Talladega C.; 2, for John Brown Steamer 3.00

North Amherst. “A Friend,” (25 of which for John Brown Steamer) 125.00

Norwalk. “T. H.,” (for John Brown Steamer) 10.00

Oberlin. W. G. Ballantine 10.50

Painesville. First Ch., Woman’s Miss. Soc., for Indian M. 10.00

Parisville. Welsh Cong. Ch., for John Brown Steamer 7.00

Randolph. Cong. Ch. 8.21

Randolph. A. D., for John Brown Steamer 1.00

South Newbury. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Green, 2; Mrs. R. P., 1; Mrs. R. S. Waterton, 2.50; Mrs. B. M. J., 50c. 6.00

South Newbury. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Green, 2; Mrs. R. P., 1; Ladies’ Miss. Soc., 1.50; Mrs. R. S. W., 50c., for John Brown Steamer 5.00

Sharon Centre. E. L. Rogers 5.00

West Andover. Cong. Ch. 13.29

INDIANA, $12.00.

Auburn. James Adams ($5 of which for John Brown Steamer) 10.00

Evansville. A. L. Robinson 2.00

ILLINOIS, $577.99.

Buda. Cong. Ch. 23.56

Chicago. First Cong. Ch., $61.41; “E. D. C.,” 50; South Cong. Ch., 47.17; Western Av. Chapel, 3.75 162.33

Chicago. Union Park Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Talladega C. 50.00

Chicago. P. J. Sexton, 25; “A Friend,” 3; G. G., 1; —— Stephen, 1, for Theo. Chair, Fisk U. 30.00

Jacksonville. Joy Prairie Ch. 32.80

Lake Forest. Samuel Dent 2.00

Moline. John Deere, for Theo. Chair, Fisk U. 100.00

Paxton. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Shaw, for John Brown Steamer 5.00

Roberts. Cong. Ch. 7.00

Thawville. Cong. Ch. 14.50

Tonica. N. Richey 10.00

Winnebago. Nahum F. Parsons, for John Brown Steamer 25.00

Winnebago. N. F. Parsons 20.00

Yorkville. Mrs. E. H. Colton 2.00

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$484.19

LEGACY.

Belvidere. Estate of Olney Nichols, by H. W. Pier, Ex. 93.80

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$577.99

MICHIGAN, $388.78.

Allendale. Cong. Ch. 6.13

Alpena. First Cong. Ch. 82.21

Canandaigua. Cong. Ch. 3.17

Detroit. Woodward Ave. Cong. Ch. 104.39

Edwardsburgh. S. C. Olmstead 25.00

Homestead. Mrs. E. C. Case, for John Brown Steamer 5.00

Morenci. Cong. Ch. 5.00

Northville. Daniel Pomeroy 50.00

Olivet. Wm. B. Palmer, for John Brown Steamer 100.00

Salem. Summit Missionary Soc. 2.88

Standish. Cong. Sab. Sch., for John Brown Steamer 5.00

IOWA, $196.46.

Algona. A. Zahlten 6.00

Cedar Rapids. Cong. Ch., 7.62; W. H. P., 50c. 8.12

Chester Centre. Cong. Ch. 32.00

Clear Lake. Cong. Ch. 1.50

Farragut. Cong. Soc., for Mendi M. 21.15

Grinnell. Cong. Ch. 26.40

Iowa City. Collected by Rev. H. S. Bennett, ad’l, for Theo. Chair, Fisk U. 2.00

Iowa City. Miss. H. O. C. 1.00

Keokuk. Mrs. M. A. Smith 5.00

Maquoketa. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.10

Muscatine. W. Woodward, 10; J. S. Culp, 5, for Theo. Chair, Fisk U. 15.00

Newton. First Cong. Ch. 39.19

Onawa. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., for John Brown Steamer 5.00

Onawa. Cong. Ch. 10.00

Washington. D. W. Lewis, for Theo. Chair, Fisk U. 2.00

Winthrop. Wm. H. Scott, 4; H. D., 1 5.00

WISCONSIN, $120.77.

Alderley. Mrs. E. Hubbard, 3; Mrs. Annie Reid, 2 5.00

Appleton. Ladies’ Soc. of Cong. Ch., Set of Chandeliers and 8.75, for Freight, for Atlanta U. 8.75

Beloit. Mrs. S. M. Clary, Box of C. and 3, for Freight, for Macon, Ga. 3.00

Beloit. Mrs. Mary A. Kellogg (5 of which for John Brown Steamer) 10.00

Burlington. Plym. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., for John Brown Steamer 2.00

Fort Howard. Cong. Ch. 25.00

Geneva. Presb. Ch., 22.19; Mrs. Mary J. Barnard, 10 32.19

Mazo Manie. Mrs. R. L. 1.00

River Falls. Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.83

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$95.77

LEGACY.

Beloit. Estate of Miss Ellen D. Field, by H. F. Hobart, for Macon, Ga. 25.00

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$120.77

MISSOURI, $117.15.

Amity. Amity Sab. Sch., for John Brown Steamer 5.00

Kidder. Cong. Ch., for African M. 9.15

Laclede. Cong Ch. 3.00

Saint Louis. Mrs. Rebecca Webb 100.00

MINNESOTA, $76.49.

Afton. Cong. Ch. 15.00

Hancock. First Cong. Ch. 3.35

Marshall. Cong. Sab. Sch. 7.80

Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 48.34

Waseca. Mrs. J. L. Claghorn’s Sab. Sch. Class 2.00

KANSAS, $8.50.

Carbondale. First Cong. Ch. 4.00

White City. Cong. Ch. 4.50

NEBRASKA, $11.60.

Crete. Mrs. R. Sturtevant, for John Brown Steamer 2.00

Weeping Willow. Cong. Sab. Sch., freight on books, for Emerson Inst. 8.25

Wheatland. Cong. Sab. Sch., for John Brown Steamer 1.35

WYOMING TERRITORY, $12.00.

Cheyenne. Cong. Ch. 12.00

WASHINGTON TERRITORY, $3.55.

Houghton. First Ch. of Christ 1.05

Anacortes. George Hagadorn 2.50

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $12.00.

Washington. Mrs. A. N. Bailey, 10; W. T. Peabody, 2, for John Brown Steamer 12.00

NORTH CAROLINA, $7.20.

Dudley. Cong. Ch. 2.20

Wilmington. Cong. Ch. 5.00

SOUTH CAROLINA, $41.50.

Charleston. Plymouth Cong. Church 40.00

Ladies’ Island, for John Brown Steamer 1.50

GEORGIA, $15.15.

Macon. Cong. Ch., 13; Tuition, 2.15 15.15

ALABAMA, $280.84.

Marion. Rev. A. W. Curtis, for John Brown Steamer 5.00

Marion. Cong. Ch. 4.50

Mobile. A. C. Danner, 25; J. B. Stevens, 5; Alex. Cantry, 50c; Pupils of Emerson Inst. and others, 10.14; Rev. S. W. Jones and wife, 75c.; John Jackson, 85c; Hon. John Bruce, 1; H. A. Lockwood, 1; Geo S. Moore, 1; N. W. Trimble, 1; J. L. Smith, 1; H. T. Goodloe, 1; L. H. Faith, 50c; J. J. Crowley, 50c.; T. J. Lippincott, 3; Jas. McPhillip, 5; John Soto, 1; J. McArthur, 5; Mrs. Holmes, 1; T. C. McBryde and wife, 5; Jas. E. Sherman, 1; Rob’t Morris, 1; Dr. Sterling and wife, 1; M. Primo, 1, for rebuilding Emerson Institute 73.24

Mobile. Cong. Ch. 2.00

Montgomery. Public Fund 175.00

Selma. Cong. Ch. 21.10

MISSISSIPPI, $39.00.

Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition, 1; Rent, 38 39.00

TEXAS, $1.30.

Corpus Christi. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 1.30

INCOMES, $266.75.

Avery Fund, for Mendi M. 210.50

Graves Scholarship Fund, for Talladega C. 31.25

Income Fund, for Theo. Dept., Howard U. 25.00

ENGLAND, $48.60.

England, London. Freedman’s Missions Aid Sec., for John Brown Steamer, £10 48.60

SCOTLAND, $59.53.

Scotland, Perth. North United Presb. Ch., £10; Jas. Balman, for Chinese M., £2; “Friend,” by D. Morton, 5s. 59.53

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Total for August $10,674.35

Total from Oct. 1 to Aug. 31. $273,503.66

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FOR ARTHINGTON MISSION.

England, London. Freedman’s Missions Aid Soc., £190 923.40

Previously acknowledged from Oct 1 to July 31 3,699.52

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Total $4,622.92

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