Mission History

On May 21, 1841, Joseph Williams visits the Shawnee Mission on his way to Oregon. He writes:    ….I rode over, the next morning, to…

Dear Brother:    Our school at this place is in a prosperous condition. We have 75 Indian children in the institution, 42 males and 34…

May 27, 1841. Mr. Editor,— We made our arrangements to leave the school for this station (Kickapoo) on Thursday, May 20th; but were prevented from…

Since your last session a plan has been devised, with the approbation of the officers and Board of Managers of the Parent Missionary Society, to…

“The committee in the Indian M. L. School has agreed to employ Mr. Currell shoe-maker at 350 dollars per year and bear his traveling expenses…

July 2, 1840 Thomas Johnson to Jotham Meeker:    I have recd your kind letter by the Ottawa Chief— And in reply would say that…

Mrs. Shurlock writes in reference to the note for $75.00 she loaned Miss Todd :—    Rev. Mr. Greene:— Dear Brother;— Mr. Canterberry called on…

Feb. 20, 1840. "Indian Missions in the Missouri Conference" Dear Brother,— I have been trying for several days to forecast so as to get time…

Between June 27 and September 7, 1840 Thomas Johnson wrote a series of almost daily notes for a “Journal” (which may have mirrored a personal…

Transcribed letter from Major Joshua Pitcher, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, St, Louis, Mo. to T. Hartley Crawford, Commissioner of Indian Affairs dated Jun 7, 1939…