THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
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president. Hon. Wm. B. Washburn, LL.D., Mass. Corresponding Secretary.—Rev. M. E. Strieby, D.D., 56 Reade Street, N. Y. Assistant Secretary for Collection.—Rev. James Powell, 56 Reade Street, N. Y. Treasurer.—H. W. Hubbard, Esq., 56 Reade Street, N. Y. Auditors.—WM. A. Nash, W. H. Rogers. executive committee. John H. Washburn, Chairman; A. P. Foster, Secretary; Lyman Abbott, A. S. Barnes, J. R. Danforth, Clinton B. Fisk, S. B. Halliday, Edward Hawes, Samuel Holmes, Charles A. Hull, Samuel S. Marples, Charles L. Mead, S. H. Virgin, Wm. H. Ward, J. L. Withrow. district secretaries. Rev. C. L. Woodworth, D.D., Boston. Rev. G. D. Pike, D.D., Hartford. Rev. Charles W. Shelton, Chicago.
communications
relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the Corresponding Secretary; those relating to the collecting fields, to the District Secretaries; letters for the Editor of this "American Missionary," to Rev. G. D. Pike, D.D., at the New York Office; letters for the Bureau of Woman's Work, to Miss D. E. Emerson, at the New York Office.
donations and subscriptions
may be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New York, or, when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or 112 West Washington Street, Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a Life Member.
form of a bequest.
"I bequeath to my executor (or executors) the sum of —— dollars, in trust, to pay the same in —— days after my decease to the person who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the 'American Missionary Association,' of New York City, to be applied, under the direction of the Executive Committee of the Association, to its charitable uses and purposes." The Will should be attested by three witnesses.
CHAPTER II.
WORTH (Jan. 1, 1883) $10,265,632.60.
So says our sworn statement of that year, and the above figures you will find head the column in statement dated January 1, 1884.
This money value was in the shape of Bonds and Mortgages, Loans, United States Bonds Real Estate (estimated at cost), and Cash.
Working with this capital, we pushed our business vigorously during the year 1883, and with what result we will show in chapter three.
Respectfully yours,
MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE CO., 156 & 158 Broadway, New York. HENRY STOKES, President.
J. L. Halsey, 1st Vice-P. H. Y. Wemple, Sec'y. H. B. Stokes, 2d Vice-P. S. N. Stebbins, Act'y.

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