Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians and Others in North America Records, 1746-1948 » I. General records, 1746–1922 » B. Missionary diaries/journals, 1787–1832, 1910  

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These diaries were kept by missionaries in the field as documentation of their daily work. Included are five diaries of Reverend Samuel Kirkland, a missionary sponsored by the Society in Scotland and Corporation of Harvard College to the Oneida Nation and others of the Six Nations, June 1787-October 1791; two journals of John Sergeant with the Oneida in Massachusetts, 1791; an extract from a journal of John Strickland in Hancock and Washington counties, Maine, 1796; William Maclean's journal during his time in Camden, Maine, and the surrounding areas, 1800; two journals of John Sawyer in Brewer and Bangor, Maine, 1828-1832; and one long report of Reverend George F. Kenngott from his travels out west, July-August 1910. The latter's report includes typewritten documentation of his visits to missions, as well as photographs of the missions and their inhabitants.