Subject: Missions

Pamphlet containing a sermon preached at the Old South Church in Boston on October 31, 1819, just before the departure of the Palestine Mission. The sermon, spanning the first 19 pages, blends biblical prophecy with the successes of Jewish conversion throughout Europe. The remaining 12 pages consist of instructions from the Prudential Committee of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to Rev. Pliny Fisk and Rev. Levi Parsons, the first American missionaries to Turkish Palestine. Published in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 31, 1819. Related material can be found in record 13.1426.

A lithographed broadside printed in London by E. Barwick in 1847. It features the Lord's Prayer in fourteen languages: Hebrew, French, Syriac, Polish Jewish, Turkish, German, New Greek, Latin, Italian, Arabic, Loo-chooan (Japanese), Portuguese Jewish, Hollandish, and Chinese. The broadside was produced for the benefit of the Loo-Choo Naval Mission (the Ryukyu Islands). It measures 20 x 17-1/2 inches and is folded.

Newspaper article from the *Church Chronicle and Record*, published in New Haven, Connecticut on October 20, 1843. The article details the conversion of a Jewish son and his subsequent conversation with his father, presented within the context of missionary propaganda.

This pamphlet, printed in Mexico City on October 19, 1666, outlines the procedures for investigating and interrogating prospective Franciscan missionaries in New Spain (colonial Mexico). Authored by Hernando de la Rua (Comisario General) and Francisco Calderón (Secretario General), it details the rigorous process of vetting candidates, including inquiries into their moral character, financial status, ancestry (excluding those of Jewish, Muslim, or heretical descent), and more. The pamphlet reveals the strict standards and concerns of the Franciscan order in colonial Mexico regarding the selection of its members. The pamphlet is signed by Francisco Calderón.

This book contains the missionary journal and memoir of Reverend Joseph Wolf, a Jewish Christian missionary. The work was written by Wolf himself and revised and edited by John Bayford. This is the first American edition, published in New York by E. Bliss in 1824; the same year it was published in London. The journal details Wolf's extensive missionary travels throughout the Middle East, Asia, and the United States, highlighting his experiences, challenges, and successes in spreading Christianity.

Pamphlet: "Pray for the Jews, A Sermon Preached at the Thursday Lecture In Boston, August 15, 1816." Published for the benefit of the Female Society of Boston Promoting Christianity Among the Jews. Author: Thaddeus Mason Harris. Published in Boston in 1816.

This book, published by the American Sunday-School Union around 1845, offers a mid-19th-century perspective on Jewish life, aiming to promote Christian conversion. The text is described as having numerous illustrations and presenting a view of the common Jew from a "liberal" Christian standpoint. The book appears to function as a handbook for missionary work.

This is the first volume of *The Massachusetts Missionary Magazine*, published in Salem in 1803. The magazine contains religious communications and articles intended to edify Christians and inform the rising generation. Profits from the publication supported missionaries in new settlements and among Native Americans. Notably, one of the articles details the conversion of two Jewish people to Christianity. The editors were Samuel Austin, Nathanael Emmons, Abiel Holmes, David Sanford, Jonathan Strong, Daniel Hopkins, Caleb Alexander, Samuel Springs, Jacob Norton, Joseph Barker, Paul Litchfield, Samuel Niles, Elijah Parish and Samuel Austin (Ed. Appointed by the Missionary Society). This is a rare first edition, May 1803-April 1804, bound in contemporary leather.

Newspaper clipping from *The Recorder*, published in Greenfield, Massachusetts on August 21, 1816. The clipping features a report from the London Society for Promoting Christianity Among the Jews detailing reasons for Jewish conversion. It also mentions the formation of an auxiliary society in Boston in June 1816, the "American Society for Meliorating the Conditions of the Jews."

Book published in 1813 by Lucius Bowles and printed by Walton & Goss. This edition is not listed by Singerman. It includes a preface of ix pages on the American mission and pages 155-165 on the Jews.

First American edition of the "Works of the Rev. Claudius Buchanan, L.L.D." published in New-York by Whiting & Watson, printed by L. Deare in 1812. This collection comprises Buchanan's Christian researches in Asia, with notices of the translation of the Scriptures into Oriental languages; his Memoir on the expediency of an ecclesiastical establishment for British India; and his Star in the east, with three new sermons. It also includes Dr. Kerr's report on the state of Christians in Cochin and Travancore, Buchanan's sermon "Healing Waters of Bethesda," and his speech before the London Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews. Buchanan's work includes a description of the Jewish settlement in India, noting his donation of Indian Hebrew books to Cambridge University. The first edition worldwide was published in London in 1811. WorldCat lists four copies of the 1812 New York edition.