Asa Bowen Smith correspondence, 1832-1859
37 ALS, 23 of them written by Smith to his brother John Curtis Bowen and his sisters Marcia and Lucia Smith, while he attended Middlebury College, Andover Theological Seminary, and Yale Theological Seminary. These letters carry local news and religious meditations. The other letters are from different sources: Mission Board members concerning his placement at a mission, two letters from home while he was in Hawaii, and several letters from family members upon his return. One letter is written on the conjugate leaf of a report entitled "American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Reduction of the Missions" dated June 26, 1837. Also included are three copies of ecclesiastical council minutes pertaining to his career
Archival Material, English, 1832