The Spirit of Missions - March 1860 with list of the first Protestant missionaries in Japan
Edited for The Board of Missions of The Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America by the Secretaries and General Agents of The Two Committees. Includes a letter of Nov. 1859 about Japan written on board the USS Powhatan and a list of the missionaries in Shanghai (including Rev. E.W. Syle and Rev. Samuel I.J. Schereschewsky who later came to Japan), as well as the first three Protestant missionaries in Nagasaki, Rev. John Liggins, Rev. Channing Moore Williams, and H. Ernst Schmit, M.D.
New York. Published for the Board of Missions by Daniel Dana, Jr. March 1860.
40pp (pp.[1], numbered 73-112). 22.5 x 14.5cm.
In good condition. Some wear to covers and lower right corner tip gone. Old stain affecting first half but progressively becomes less noticeable. nb33050006
