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US US-IaGG MS/MS 01.106
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Julius Reed Papers 1831-1890 1845-1869
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4.50
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The bulk of the collection contains correspondence and reports concerning Reed's work of the American Home Missionary Society of the Congregational Church in the 1845-1869. Among the topics addressed are slavery and how the church should regard congregations in slave-holding states, founding of churches in Iowa, church finances, and founding a college in Iowa. This is a rich collection for the study of early Congregationalism in Iowa.
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- English
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Truman Douglass, Builders of the Commonwealth, Ms. 01.07.
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- Grinnell College (Subject)
- Grinnell College -- History (Subject)