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title: 'China and California'
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authors:
- 'William Speer'
date: 1853-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Domestic Missions'
- 'History (General)'
- 'Non-Christian Religions and Beliefs'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 28'
- 'Acts 13'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/speer-1853-china-and-california
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# China and California

1853 Princeton Review piece by missionary William Speer on Chinese in California. Compares Chinese and ancient American cultures and argues possible pre-Columbian contact.

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