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Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Great Britain)

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Benefactions of Francis Nicholson, Esqr. to the Church & Clergy in North America

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ch14
Scope and Contents "Benefactions of Francis Nicholson, Esqr. to the Church & Clergy in North America" prepared by Rev. George Keith, which lists the churches and amounts of money given by Nicholson to build churches from 1689 to 1704.  Also noted is  "Benefaction to the College of  Williamsburgh in Virginia of several hundred pounds." Keith was agent for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. 8 pages. There is an incomplete contemporary copy as well as a typescript of the...
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Benefactions of Francis Nicholson, Esqr. to the Church & Clergy in North America

Bray Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 Pst B73
Scope and Contents

Negative photostats of papers, 1730-1817, of the Bray Associates, a division of the Society of the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, which was instrumental in providing libraries for the churches in America and setting up schools for the Christian education of free and enslaved Black children.

Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Bray Papers

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African Americans--Education--Virginia 1
African Americans--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 1
Church of England--History 1
Church of England--History--18th century 1
Church of England--Virginia--History--18th century 1
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College of William and Mary--History--17th century 1
College of William and Mary--History--18th century 1
Education--Virginia--Williamsburg--18th century 1
Financial records 1
Photostats 1
Slavery--Virginia--18th century 1
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--18th century 1
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