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Early American imprints. Second series no. 36725. ^A575643
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| General note | "This publication, which aroused all New England to the plight of the natives 'suffering in ignorance of Christianity,' was directly responsible for public support of the Foreign Mission School and ultimately the beginning of the movement that sent missionaries to Hawaii in 1819." Cf. Forbes, D.W. Hawaiian national bibliography, no. 456. |
| General note | Cover title: A Narrative of five youth from the Sandwich Islands, viz: Obookiah, Hopoo, Tennooe, Honoree, and Prince Tamoree, now receiving an education in this country. |
| General note | "Extract from the minutes of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, at their seventh annual meeting in Hartford. (Con.) September, 1816," p. 39-40, concerning the appointment of agents to establish a school for the education of heathen youth. |
| General note | "Extract from the minutes of the agency, appointed as above, to establish and conduct a school for the education of heathen youth."--p. 40-44. |
| General note | "The Sandwich Islands."--p. [4] of wrapper. |
| References |
Shaw & Shoemaker 36725 |
| References |
Shaw & Shoemaker 38355 |
| References |
Forbes, D.W. Hawaii, 456 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 36725). |
