South American Mission Society
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south-american-mission-society-161-18246889
title:
South American Mission Society
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The society was founded at Brighton in 1844 as the Patagonian Missionary Society, sometime referred to as the Patagonian Mission. Captain Allen Gardiner, R.N., was the first secretary. The name was retained for twenty years, when South American Mission Society was adopted. The name of the organisation was changed after the death of Captain Gardiner, who died of starvation in 1851 on Picton Island in South America, waiting for a supply ship from England. Gardiner thought that the original mission
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_American_Mission_Society
date created:
2007-09-27T19:34:39Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T13:53:47Z
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