Author: William Ingraham Kip

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Published: 2015-08-04

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 9781332137435

Excerpt from Historical Scenes From the Old Jesuit Missions Many years ago, while the writer was in England, the library of the Bishop of Durham was sold. Among the works offered was a set of the Lettres Edifiantes et Curicuses ecrites des Missions Etrangeres, in 47 volumes, containing the letters of the Jesuit Missionaries from about 1650 to 1750. These the writer purchased and brought to this country. On his return, he selected those letters which relate to the labors of the Jesuits within the bounds of our own land; and published a translation, with notes, under the title of The Early Jesuit Missions in North America. As these letters contain the first notices of any intercourse between the white man and the Indians, they have always been regarded as having an historical value. The missionary labors of the Society of Jesus were, however, spread over the whole world. There was no land where they thought souls could be won for their hire into which they did not penetrate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."