History of American missions to the heathen, from their commencement to the present time . 14 Si^ |o Sangpasoi^ APPENDIX. A. ACT OF INCORPORATION. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the year of our LoW one tiiousand eight hundred and twelve: An Act to incor-porate the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Whereas William Bartlet and others have been associated under the nameof the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, for the purpose ofpropagating the gospel in heathen lands, by supporting missionaries and diffusinga knowledge of the holy Scriptures, a
History of American missions to the heathen, from their commencement to the present time . 14 Si^ |o Sangpasoi^ APPENDIX. A. ACT OF INCORPORATION. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the year of our LoW one tiiousand eight hundred and twelve: An Act to incor-porate the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Whereas William Bartlet and others have been associated under the nameof the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, for the purpose ofpropagating the gospel in heathen lands, by supporting missionaries and diffusinga knowledge of the holy Scriptures, and have prayed to be incorporated in ordermore effectually to promote the laudable object of their association. Sec. 1. Be il enacted Jy the Senate and House of Represenlatives in GeneralCourt assembled, and by the authority of the same, That William Bartlet, Esq.,and Samdel Spring, D. D,, both of Newburyport, Joseph Lyman, D. D., ofHatfield, Jedidiah Morse, D. D., of Charleslown, Samuel Worcester, 1). D.,of Salem, the Hon. William Phillips, Esq. of Boston, and the Hon. John Hook-er, Esq., of Springfield, and their a
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