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Foreign Mission School

1817 establishments in the United States1826 disestablishments in the United StatesBuildings and structures in Litchfield County, ConnecticutCornwall, ConnecticutEducation in Litchfield County, Connecticut
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The Foreign Mission School was an educational institution which operated between 1817 and 1826 in Cornwall, Connecticut. It was established by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. The ABCFM was focused on sending missionaries to non-Christian cultures, mostly overseas. The school was intended to educate students of non-Christian cultures, including Native Americans, in Christianity and Western culture so that they might become missionaries and emissaries to their own peoples. It had students from Hawaii, India and East Asia, in addition to those of Native American tribes primarily from east of the Mississippi River.

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Foreign Mission School
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Bolton Hill Road 14
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