The American Missionary

Contents

EDITORIAL.
Free Once More
The National Council
The Colored Delegates
The Mohonk Conference
Notes from New England
Death of Superintendent Hall and of Dr. Lane

GENERAL SURVEY.
The South
Educational Work
Church Work
Mountain Work
The Indians
The Chinese
Enlargements and Improvements
Woman's Work
Finances
Daniel Hand Fund

THE CHINESE.
Review of the Year

BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.
Paragraphs
Woman's Work in North Carolina
Woman's State Organizations

Receipts

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American Missionary Association.

President, Rev. Wm. M. Taylor, D.D., LL.D., N.Y.

Vice-Presidents.

Rev. A.J.F. Behrends, D.D., N.Y.
Rev. F.A. Noble, D.D., Ill.
Rev. Alex. McKenzie, D.D., Mass.
Rev. D.O. Mears, D.D., Mass.
Rev. Henry Hopkins, D.D., Mo.

Corresponding Secretaries.

Rev. M.E. Strieby, D.D., 56 Reade Street, N.Y.
Rev. A.F. Beard, D.D., 56 Reade Street, N.Y.

Recording Secretary.

Rev. M.E. Strieby, D.D., 56 Reade Street, N.Y.

Treasurer.

H.W. Hubbard. Esq., 56 Reade Street, N.Y.

Auditors.

Peter McCartee.
Chas. P. Peirce.

Executive Committee.

John H. Washburn, Chairman.
Addison P. Foster, Secretary.

For Three Years.

J.E. Rankin,
Wm. H. Ward,
J.W. Cooper,
John H. Washburn,
Edmund L. Champlin.

For Two Years.

Lyman Abbott,
Chas. A. Hull,
Clinton B. Fisk,
Addison P. Foster,
Albert J. Lyman.

For One Year.

S.B. Halliday,
Samuel Holmes,
Samuel S. Marples,
Charles L. Mead,
Elbert B. Monroe.

District Secretaries

Rev. C.J. Ryder, 21 Cong'l House, Boston.
Rev. J.E. Roy, D.D., 151 Washington Sheet, Chicago.
Rev. C.W. Hiatt, 64 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.

Financial Secretary for Indian Missions.

Rev. Chas. W. Shelton.

Field Superintendents.

Rev. Frank E. Jenkins. Prof. Edward S. Hall.

Secretary of Woman's Bureau.

Miss D.E. Emerson, 56 Reade St., N.Y.

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