Letter from George F. Pierce (Sacramento, California) to Robert Paine (Aberdeen, Mississippi) - August 24, 1859
A letter from George F. Pierce to Robert Paine reporting on the work being done in California and along the Pacific Coast, demanding the transfer of several preachers to the Pacific Conference to improve their numbers and strengthen what hold they have, discussing the challenges he faces with Orceneth Fisher in Oregon, and asking for Paine's support when requesting more preachers to help fill the gap between the Rio Grande Conference and the Pacific Conference.
Pierce, George F. (George Foster), 1811-1884
Paine, Robert, 1799-1882
English
Bishops
Missions
Missionaries
Methodist conferences
Travel
Church work
Priests
Fisher, Orceneth, 1803-1880
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Methodist Church
Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Pacific Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Rio Grande Conference
Southern States
California
Oregon
El Paso (Tex.)
Texas
Nineteenth century
15 x 23.1 cm
15 x 8.6 cm
3 pages, envelope
Text
letters (correspondence)
Letter from George F. Pierce (Sacramento, California) to Robert Paine (Aberdeen, Mississippi) - August 24, 1859 (Emory Digital Collections)
Robert Paine papers
Box 1, Folder 17
MSS 404
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