Rufus Anderson
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Born January 1, 1796
Died January 1, 1880 (84 years old)
North Yarmouth, United States
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Rufus Anderson (August 18, 1796 - May 23, 1880) was born in North Yarmouth, Maine, U.S. His father was a Congregationalist pastor. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1818, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1822, and was ordained as a minister in 1826. He worked at the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) as an assistant while studying at Andover Theological Seminary. In 1822 he applied to go to India but was asked to remain at headquarters and later appointed assistant secretary. In 1832 he was given total responsibility for overseas work.
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Foreign missions
Jessup, Henry Harris, Duff, Alexander, Edward Dorr Griffin, H. H. Montgomery, Rufus Anderson, Richard Henry Malden, Thompson, A. C.
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History of the missions of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to the oriental churches
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[Letters on business affairs of the Hawaiian mission of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions]
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Three printed letters, all dating from 1853, written from the "Missionary House," Boston, are signed by Rufus Anderson, sec. A.B.C.F.M.
History of the mission of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions to the Sandwich islands
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History of the missions of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in India
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Memorial volume of the first fifty years of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions
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History of the missions of the American Board of Commissions for Foreign Missions to the oriental churches
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