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Journal, annual sermons and reports of the SPG, 1701-1870

That they demean themselves not only inoffensively and prudently; but so as to become remarkable Examples of Piety and Virtue to the Ship's Company
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The American First Nations' meetings with missionaries are recorded here

The United Society Partners in Gospel (USPG) is a UK-based Anglican missionary organisation that operates around the world. During the 18th, 19th, and early-20th centuries, the USPG went by the name of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG). This collection covers the period 1701-1870 and contains the organisation’s founding documents, in-house journal, annual sermons, and reports. These documents provide a fascinating insight into the relationship between colonisers and the colonised.

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Journal, annual sermons and reports of the SPG, 1701-1870

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Licensed to access Founding documents of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts

Reproduced here are the text of the original royal charter granted by King William III for the Society, together with...

Licensed to access Journal of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts

Covering the period 1701-1870, the fifty volumes of this Journal record the proceedings of the Society and, for the 18th...

Licensed to access Appendix to SPG Journal

The four volumes of appendices contain reports, petitions, and sundry other documents referred to in the proceedings or correspondence recorded...

Licensed to access Annual sermons and reports of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, 1701-1845

The greater part of the Society's work during the 18th century was concentrated in the American colonies, although work in...

Insights

  • These records reveal who the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel were and how they reported the results of their work. The SPG, later the USPG, would run missionary schools throughout the British Empire.
  • The journal of the Society is a series of minute books. The level of detail in the minutes increased over the years as the Society itself grew. By the 1730's the minutes contained detailed descriptions of colonies.
  • Each of these sermons was preached at the Annual General Meeting of the Society, by a senior member of the church. This enables the reader to compare how sermon styles changed over 150 years.

Licensed to access Power and Profit: British Colonial Trade in America and the Caribbean, 1678-1825

1678   1825

Licensed to access The American Revolution from a British Perspective, 1763-1783

1763   1784

Licensed to access British Army Lists of Officers, 1740-1784

1740   1784

Licensed to access American Records in the House of Lords Archive, 1621-1917

1621   1917
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