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Newspaper The Weekly Messenger (Chambersburg, Pa.) 1838-1848 [Online Resource] Weekly messenger of the German Reformed Church

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Title

  • The Weekly Messenger (Chambersburg, Pa.) 1838-1848 [Online Resource]

Other Title

  • Weekly messenger of the German Reformed Church

Summary

  • "Published by the Reformed Church of the United States, this weekly magazine provided its readers with church news, news of foreign missions, Sunday school lessons, sermons, book reviews, a "Home and Young Folks" section and a summary of weekly general news. Special numbers dealing with specific topics such as education, foreign missions, home missions and homes for orphans were issued periodically" Cf. American periodicals, 1741-1900.

Names

  • German Reformed Church (U.S.). Eastern Synod. Board of Domestic Missions
  • German Reformed Church (U.S.). Publication Office

Dates of Publication

  • 1838-1848

Created / Published

  • Chambersburg, Pa. : Board of Missions of the German Reformed Church, [1838]-1848.

Headings

  • -  German Reformed Church (U.S.)--Newspapers
  • -  German Reformed Church (U.S.)
  • -  Chambersburg (Pa.)--Newspapers
  • -  Franklin County (Pa.)--Newspapers
  • -  Pennsylvania--Chambersburg
  • -  Pennsylvania--Franklin County
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Franklin--Chambersburg

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Weekly
  • -  Print began with new ser., vol. 4, no. 1 (Aug. 22, 1838).
  • -  -new ser., v. 14, no. 12 (Nov. 29, 1848) = -no. 688.
  • -  Also issued in print.
  • -  Mode of access: World Wide Web.
  • -  Published by: Board of Publication of the German Reformed Church, <-Nov. 29, 1848>.
  • -  The print version of this title continued the title called: Weekly messenger of the German Reformed Church.
  • -  Description based on: New ser., vol. 7, no. 1 (Sept. 22, 1841) = whole no. 313; title from PDF caption (Proquest, viewed Aug. 31, 2006).
  • -  Latest issue consulted: Vol. 9, no. 52 (Sept. 11, 1844) (Proquest, viewed Aug. 31, 2006).
  • -  German reformed messenger (Online) (DLC) 2008266635 (OCoLC)64773060

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BX9551

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2006255336

OCLC Number

  • 70552399

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