Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians and
Others in North America Records, 1746-1948 » I. General records, 1746–1922 » B. Missionary diaries/journals, 1787–1832,
1910 [read more]
These diaries were kept by missionaries in the field as documentation of their daily work.
Included are five diaries of Reverend Samuel Kirkland, a missionary sponsored by the Society
in Scotland and Corporation of Harvard College to the Oneida Nation and others of the Six
Nations, June 1787-October 1791; two journals of John Sergeant with the Oneida in
Massachusetts, 1791; an extract from a journal of John Strickland in Hancock and Washington
counties, Maine, 1796; William Maclean's journal during his time in Camden, Maine, and the
surrounding areas, 1800; two journals of John Sawyer in Brewer and Bangor, Maine, 1828-1832;
and one long report of Reverend George F. Kenngott from his travels out west, July-August
1910. The latter's report includes typewritten documentation of his visits to missions, as
well as photographs of the missions and their inhabitants.
These diaries were kept by missionaries in the field as documentation of their daily work.
Included are five diaries of Reverend Samuel Kirkland, a missionary sponsored by the Society
in Scotland and Corporation of Harvard College to the Oneida Nation and others of the Six
Nations, June 1787-October 1791; two journals of John Sergeant with the Oneida in
Massachusetts, 1791; an extract from a journal of John Strickland in Hancock and Washington
counties, Maine, 1796; William Maclean's journal during his time in Camden, Maine, and the
surrounding areas, 1800; two journals of John Sawyer in Brewer and Bangor, Maine, 1828-1832;
and one long report of Reverend George F. Kenngott from his travels out west, July-August
1910. The latter's report includes typewritten documentation of his visits to missions, as
well as photographs of the missions and their inhabitants.
DIGITIZED COLLECTIONS
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Box 1, Folder 9, John Strickland, 1796
Box 1, Folder 7, Samuel Kirkland, part B, 1787-...
Box 1, Folder 8, John Sergeant, 1791
