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A letter from Charles Wesley to "Dear Sister," Ursula Wesley, indicating his travel plans, and describing the home of his mother. On the back are fragments of a letter to "Dear Bro" in cipher.

A photo album documenting Charles Minot and Elva R. Griffith's time as missionaries in Chile and travels around South and Central America and to India.

Extracts from two letters sent from Charles Minot Griffith to his wife, Elva, and published in the Perry Record, a local newspaper in Perry, New York, which regularly published letters and journal entries the Griffith's sent during their time in South America. The first letter discusses Griffith's preparations to travel Naranjal in the Guayaquil Province of Ecuador, including descriptions of the acquisition of pack animals and the necessity of repacking much of his luggage to account for the weather.

A report on a meeting of the International Missionary Union in the early 1900s published in a newspaper. The article covers the opening session and briefly describes the reports made by various members on their work in Turkey, Bulgaria, Spain, Micronesia, India, Burma, and Siam.

A report on the 1906 meeting of the International Missionary Union at Clifton Springs, New York, published in a newspaper. The article outlines the opening sessions, listing the members who passed away in the past year with notes on their contributions, and notes on the closing remarks.

A formal certificate confirming the appointment of Charles Minot Griffith as a Deacon in the Western South America Mission Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The certificate was signed in Concepción, Chile, on February 27, 1898, by Bishop Henry White Warren.

A formal Certificate of Location confirming that Charles Minot Griffith was officially located to the Western South America Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church as a Deacon on his own request. The certificate was signed in Concepción, Chile, on February 20, 1903, by Isaac W. Joyce, the president of the Western South America Annual Conference.

A journal kept by Elva Griffith during her and her husband, Charles', time as missionaries in South America. The journal begins with the couple receiving their official assignment and continues with their travel to New York for preparations, a description of their journey by ship to Panama and onto Ecuador and Chile, notes on events they attended including the Annual Conference meeting of the Western South America Mission Conference, detailed accounts of various Sunday activities, descriptions of their teaching duties, and updates on the family's health.

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This letter contains harmful and/or objectionable language and perspectives.

A cartes-de-visite photograph of Robert Paine taken in Nashville, Tennessee.

A letter from Thomas O. Summers to Robert Paine asking about what is to become of the church, specifically the publishing interests of the church, likely in response to the end of the Civil War. On the page where Summers addressed the letter, notes on the suffering of Jesus Christ are written in pencil in another hand.

An envelope addressed to Robert Paine in Aberdeen, Mississippi, from an unknown sender, postmarked December 6th at Camden. Possibly the envelope to the letter sent by H. H. Kavanaugh to Paine from Camden, Arkansas, dated December 4th, 1854.

A letter to Thomas L. Douglass from an unknown author, possibly Robert Paine, describing the death of Sterling C. Brown in Lebanon, Tennessee, including an account of a conversation the author had with Brown confirming Brown's faith just before his death.

A letter from William M. Wightman to Robert Paine requesting on behalf of the faculty of Southern University that Paine preach the Commencement Sermon.

A letter from William M. Wightman to Robert Paine explaining the amounts and from which banks the money he has enclosed come from, and asking if Paine would make a donation to the Southern Christian Advocate.

A letter from William M. Wightman to Robert Paine informing Paine that he has no recommendations for a preacher to send to California, recommending against sending a preacher which Paine had mentioned in a previous letter, and assuring Paine that he will continue to look for suitable candidates for the position.

A note from Robert Paine to Thomas Stringfield directing Stringfield to preach in Shelbyville and Murfreesboro before attending the Quarterly Meeting, requesting that he manage Paine's Black class in Shelbyville, directing him to collect (but not read) any correspondence directed to Paine, providing directions for accounting for and selling an order of books, and requesting that Stringfield arrange for some of Paine's clothes to be sent to him.

A letter from E. Stevenson and J. W. Coleman to Robert Paine on behalf of the Missionary Board informing him of the financial appropriations made for his department and specifying that this appropriation includes the Arkansas Conference and funds for the Cherokee Orphan School.

A letter from Joshua Soule to Robert Paine giving an update on his wife's health, sharing that it is unlikely that he will be able to make it to the Tennessee Conference due to health and weather reasons, assuring Paine of his intention to attend the Memphis Conference, asking if Paine would cover Soule's financial obligations at the Tennessee Conference (to be repaid upon Soule's next return to Nashville), confirming he has received the appointments for the Missouri Conference, asking after Bishop Capers' appointments, and mentioning the sudden death of Brother Lanius.