Description: 1839 CONN. GOV. JOHN COTTON SMITH, Amer. Missionary Board., PENNIMAN Engraving AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS. Printed and handwritten Document Signed by John Cotton Smith, President and Calvin Chapin, Recording Secretary. 8 x 10”. Boston, Sept. 20, 1839. Illustrated with engraving by early American artist John Ritto Penniman, who also designed the official seal of Boston.Certifying that William B. Sprague, D.D. of Albany, NY was elected a Corporate Member of the Board of Foreign Missions.Smith was the 23rd Governor of Connecticut during the War of 1812. Particularly noteworthy is the engraving by John Ritto Pennimanl depicting a scene from Isaiah. Showing a group in some foreign land – probably in the Middle East – joyfully welcoming a sailing ship, no doubt intended to be carrying Christian missionaries.
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