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title: 'August 7, 1760 Letter'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'John Todd, Sr.'
date: 1761-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '18th century'
topics:
- 'Colonial Presbyterian History'
- 'Domestic Missions'
- 'Foreign Missions'
scriptures:
- 'Proverbs 25'
- 'Psalms 119'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/18th-century/todd-1761-august-7-1760-letter
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# August 7, 1760 Letter

18th-century letters reporting missionary efforts in Virginia, South Carolina, and Goree (Africa): books distributed, rising literacy among enslaved people, conversions and Sabbath observance.

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