Letter from Jesse Boring (San Francisco, California) to Robert Paine (Aberdeen, Mississippi) - March 28, 1851 and March 31, 1851
A letter from Jesse Boring to Robert Paine mentioning his recovery from a grave illness, expressing his concerns over the apparent disregard for the California Mission as reflected in the reports from the Annual Conference, vehemently pleading the case of the mission and outlining the challenges they face in supplying literature and service to their congregations, requesting an allotment of books be sent, reporting on the work of the mission, observing that there is ample opportunity to extend missionary work (via Southern California) to Mexico, noting the success of Catholic missions, discussing the abundance of California, and urging more support for the mission in the face of the bolstered Northern Methodist missions.
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