An edition of Forty years of pioneer life (1864)
Forty years of pioneer life.
Memoir of John Mason Peck ... ed. from his journals and correspondence.
By John Mason Peck,Rufus Babcock
Publish Date
1864
Publisher
American Baptist publication society
Language
eng
Pages
360
Description:
John Mason Peck (1789-1858) was a Baptist missionary on the Illinois frontier who evangelized; established numerous churches, Sunday schools and Bible societies; and established institutions for training preachers and teachers. The editor wrote that he drew upon fifty years of Peck’s collected correspondence (1808 -1858) as well as 53 volumes of his journals to write this memoir.
subjects: Baptists, Biography, Frontier and pioneer life, Correspondence, Missionaries, Diaries, Clergy, Pioneers
People: John Mason Peck (1789-1858)
Places: Mississippi River Valley, United States, Missouri, Illinois