. Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society. out the religious welfare of the people of the MississippiValley led to the organization of numerous home missionary societies, bible societiesand Sunday school unions in the eastern states and most of these bodies sentagents or missionaries to the West. In the summer of 1812 John F. Shermerhornand Samuel J. Mills made a missionary tour through the valley under the patronageof the Massachusetts and Connecticut missionary societies: in 1817 John MasonPeck arrived in St. I^ouis as agent of the Baptist Mission Board; and in a fcWyears there
. Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society. out the religious welfare of the people of the MississippiValley led to the organization of numerous home missionary societies, bible societiesand Sunday school unions in the eastern states and most of these bodies sentagents or missionaries to the West. In the summer of 1812 John F. Shermerhornand Samuel J. Mills made a missionary tour through the valley under the patronageof the Massachusetts and Connecticut missionary societies: in 1817 John MasonPeck arrived in St. I^ouis as agent of the Baptist Mission Board; and in a fcWyears there were a considerable number of missionaries in the West. The lettersand reports of many of these missionaries have been preserved in the archivesof the organizations in the East and form a valuable source for the social historyof the Mississippi Vallev. Shermerhorn and Mills. A Correct Vieiv of that partof the United States which lies West of the Allegany Momitains with regard toReligion and Morals (Hartford, 1814) ; Babcock, Memoir of John Mason 183 .can live upon the best and have nothing to do. Tell Mother that I intendto come and see her next summer if not before* and give my love andrespects to all our friends. Yours Truly Gershom FlagqAetemas Flagg [Addressed:] Artemas Flagg, Esqr., Richmond, Vermont.[Written postmark:] Edwardsville 111, Aug 2nd 25 Flagg finally made his long contemplated visit to Vermont in 1838. Hisgrandson, Hon. Norman G. Flagg, possesses a series of five letters which he wroteto his wife in Illinois while on this trip to the East. 184 ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.(Synopsis of Professor Warren K. Mooreheads Lecture.) Professor Moorehead spoke on prehistoric man in the State of Illinois lay-ing particular stress upon the mound builder remains throughout our he did not preserve the manuscript of his address, but thesalient observations are set forth in the following abstract which he hftssent us. He illustrated his dis
Size: 2055px × 1216px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorillinoisstatehistoric, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900
