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Wickham D. H., New York city.
Wickham Rev J. D., Manchester, Vt.
Wicks William, Norwalk, Ct.
*Wight Henry, D. D., Bristol, R. I.
Wilbur Jeremiah, New York city.

Wilcox Rev Chauncey, North Greenwich, Ct.
Wilcox Rev L.

*Wilcox Loammi, Elbridge, N. Y.
Wilcox Rev Wm. I.

Wild Rev Daniel, Brookfield, Vt.
Wilder 1. C., Enosburg, Vt.
Wilder Rev John, Michigan.

Wile Rev Benjamin F., Pleasant Valley, N. Y.

Wilkes Rev Henry, Montreal, L. C.
Wilks Rev Mark, Paris, France.
Willard John, Albany, N. Y.

Willey Rev Isaac, Goffstown, N. H.

Williams Rev Aaron, Falls of Beaver, Pa.
Williams Rev Abiel, Dudley, Ms.
Williams Eliphalet, Northampton, Ms.
*Williams Rev Solomon,

do.

Williams Frank, Hartford, Ct.
Williams John, Jr., Salem, N. Y.
Williams Rev Joshua, Newville, Pa.
*Williams Rev Samuel P., Newburyport, Ms.
Williams Thomas, Richmond, N. Y.
Williams Thomas W., 2d, Norwich, Ct.
Williams Miss Lucinda M., Norwich, N. Y.
Williams William, Jr., Norwich, Ct.
Williams Rev William, Exeter, N. H.
Williams William, Tonawanda, N. Y.
Williams William, Cleveland, O.
Williams William, Stonington, Ct.
Williams Rev William H., Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Williamson Rev Abraham, Elizabethtown, N. J.
Williamson Rev Samuel L., Covington, Ten.
Willis Rev Erasmus D., Eaton, N. Y.
Williston Rev David H., Tunbridge, Vt.
Williston Rev Payson, East Hampton, Ms.
Williston Samuel,

do.

Williston Seth, D. D., Harpersfield, N. Y.
Williston Timothy, Kirkland, N. Y.
Wilson Rev Abraham D.

Wilson Rev Alexander, Oak Hill, N. C.
Wilson Daniel, D. D., Calcutta.
Wilson Rev David, Rupert, Vt.

Wilson Rev George S., Clinton, N. Y.
Wilson H., Charleston, S. C.

Wilson Rev H. N., Southampton, N. J.
Wilson Rev James, Providence, R. I.
Wilson Rev J. Leighton, Cape Palmas, Africa.
Wilson Mrs Martha, Cooperstown, N. Y.
Wilson Rev Samuel B., Fredericksburg, Va.
Winans Elias, Elizabethtown, N. J.
Wing Rev C. P., Monroe, Mich.
Wing Austin E.,

do.

Winn Rev John, St. Mary's, Ga. Winslow Rev Hubbard, Boston, Ms. Winslow Rev Miron, Madras, India. Winslow Richard, Stuyvesant, N. Y. Winslow Robert F.

Winter Rev John S., Ossipee, N. H.
Wisner Rev William, Ithaca, N. Y.
Withington Rev Leonard, Newbury, Ms.
Wood Rev George W., Singapore, Asia.
Wood Rev Henry, Hanover, N. H.
Wood Rev James, Virginia.

Wood Rev Jeremiah, Mayfield, N. Y.
Wood Rev Joel, Fort Miller, N. Y.
Wood Rev Luther, Kirby, Vt.
Wood Rev Mr., W. Springfield, Ms.
*Wood S., D. D., Boscawen, N. H.

Woodbridge Rev Henry H., South Canaan, Ct.
*Woodbridge Jahleel, South Hadley, Ms.
Woodbridge Rev Jonathan E., Ware, Ms.
Woodbridge John, D. D., New Hartford, Ct.
Woodbridge Rev Sylvester, Auburn, N. Y.

*Woodbridge Rev William, Hartford, Ct. Woodbridge William C., Europe.

Woodbury Rev Benjamin, Plain, O.

Woodbury Rev James T., Acton, Ms.

Woodbury Nathaniel, Sutton, Ms.

Woodbury Rev Silas, Kalamazoo, Mich. Woodhull Mrs Cornelia, Longmeadow, Ms.

Woodruff Rev Horace.

Woodruff Rev Richard, South Brookfield, Ms.
Woodruff Rev Silas, Whalansburg, N. Y.
Woods Rev John, Newport, N. H.
Woods Leonard, Jr., D. D., Brunswick, Me.
Woodward Rev James W., Shrewsbury, Ms.
Woodworth John, Albany, N. Y.
Woodworth Roswell, New Lebanon, N. Y.
Woolsey William W., New York city.
Woolsey Edward J., New Haven, Ct.
*Wooster Rev Benjamin, Fairfield, Vt.
Worcester Rev John H., St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Worcester Rev Leonard, Littleton, N. H.
Worcester Rev Isaac R.,
Worcester Rev Samuel A., Park Hill, Ark.
Worcester Rev Samuel M., Salem, Ms.
Wright Rev Alfred, Choctaw Nation.
*Wright Rev Chester, Hardwick, Vt.
Wright Rev. E. B., Springfield, Ms.
Wright John, Pittsburgh, Pa.

do.

Wright Rev Worthington, Woodstock, Vt. Wyckoff Isaac N., D. D., Albany, N. Y. Wyckoff Mrs Jane K.,

do.

Wynkoop Rev Jefferson, New York city.
Wynkoop Rev P. S., Ghent, N. Y.
Yale Rev Calvin, Martinsburgh, N. Y.
Yale Rev Cyrus, New Hartford, Ct.
Yates Andrew, D. D., Schenectady, N. Y.
Yates Rev John.

Yeomans Rev John W., Trenton, N. J.
Yeomans Rev N. T., Royalton, NY.
Young Rev Jeremiah S., Dover, N. H.
Young Rev John C., Danville, Ky.

Young Rev John K., Meredith Bridge, N. H.
Youngblood Rev Wm.. Borneo.

Younglove Rev J. L., Hillsboro', N. J.
Younglove Lewis, Union Village, N. Y.
Zabriskie Rev J. L., Hillsboro', N. Y.

MINUTES

OF THE

THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING.

THE Thirty-first Annual Meeting of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions was held in the Meeting-House of the Richmond-street Congregational Church and Society, in the City of Providence, Rhode-Island, beginning on Wednesday, the ninth day of September, 1840, at 10 o'clock, A. M., and continued by adjournment till Friday, the 11th, 1 o'clock, P. M.

CORPORATE MEMBERS PRESENT.

CALVIN CHAPIN, D. D.
JEREMIAH DAY, D. D., LL. D.
CHARLES MARSH, LL. D.
LEONARD WOODS, D. D.
JOSHUA BATES, D. D.
SAMUEL HUBBARD, LL. D.
HEMAN HUMPHREY, D. D.
BENNET TYLER, D. D.
S. V. S. WILDER, Esq.

CHARLES STODDARD, Esq.
Rev. SYLVESTER HOLMES,
DANIEL NOYES, Esq.
Rev. WILLIAM J. Armstrong,
Hon. LEVI Cutter,
BENJAMIN TAPPAN, D. D.
Rev. JOHN W. ELLINGWOOD,
Rev. AARON Warner,
Rev. CHARLES WALKER,
THOMAS SNELL, D. D.
JOEL HAWES, D. D.
MARK TUCKER, D. D.

THEODORE FRelinghuysen, LL. D. Rev. DAVID MAGIE,

JOHN CODMAN, D. D.

JUSTIN EDWARDS, D. D.

THOMAS DEWITT, D. D.

NATHAN S. S. BEMAN, D. D.

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D. W. C. OLYPHANT, Esq.
RICHARD T. HAINES, Esq.
WILLIAM R. DEWITT, D. D
Rev. JAMES G. HAMNER,
Rev. SILAS AIKEN,

Rev. B. B. EDWARDS.

Also of those who were elected corporate members during the meeting

REUBEN H. WALWORTH, LL. D. Rev. Z. S. BARSTOW,

ANSON G. PHELPS, Esq.

Rev. CHAUNCEY EDDY,

Maine :

HONORARY MEMBERS PRESENT.

Rev. Asa Cummings, Portland;
Rev. Jonathan B. Condit, do.;
Rev. Swan L. Pomroy, Bangor;
Rev. William Clark, Fryeburgh;
Rev. Charles Frost, Bethel;
Rev. Clark Perry, Standish;
Rev. Elias Bond, Hallowell.

New Hampshire :

Rev. Archibald Burgess, Hancock;
Rev. Thomas T. Richmond, New-
Market;

Rev. R. F. Lawrence, Claremont;
Rev. Josiah Ballard, Nelson;
Rev. David Perry, Hollis;
Rev. Joseph Emerson, do.

Massachusetts:

William Cogswell, D. D., Boston;
Mr. Thomas Thwing, do.;
Rev. Daniel Crosby, Charlestown;
Rev. Nathan Perkins, Amherst;
Rev. Jared Reid, Belchertown;
Rev. George A. Oviatt, do.

Rev. Mark A. H. Niles, Marblehead;
Rev. Thomas M. Smith, New Bedford;
Rev. James A. Roberts, do.
Rev. Orin Fowler, Fall River;
Rev. Eber Carpenter, Southbridge;
Rev. John C. Webster, Hopkinton;
Rev. Miner G. Pratt, Auburn;
Rev. Samuel H. Merrill, Amesbury;
Rev. John Boardman, East Douglas;
Rev. David Holman, Douglas;
Rev. Henry B. Hooker, Falmouth;
Rev. Robert Carver, Berlin;
Rev. David Sanford, Medway;
Rev. Joseph Vaill, Brimfield;
Rev. Michael Burdett, Northbridge;
Rev. Lewis Pennell, do.

Rev. Elam Smalley, Worcester;
Rev. Seth Sweetser, do.

Rev. Francis Horton, West Brookfield; Rev. Martyn Tupper, East Longmeadow;

Rev. John R. Keep, Longmeadow;
Rev. Jonathan Leavitt, Bedford;
Rev. Constantine Blodgett, Paw-
tucket;

Rev. William Bushnell, Beverly;
Rev. Thomas C. Biscoe, Grafton;

Rev. Daniel Fitz, Ipswich;

Rev. James D. Farnsworth, Paxton;
Rev. John Nelson, Leicester;
Rev. Charles B. Kittredge, West-
borough;

Rev. Calvin Durfee, Dedham;
Rev. Nathaniel Beach, Millbury;
Rev. John Whitney, Waltham;
Rev. Erastus Maltby, Taunton;
Rev. Samuel H. Emery, do.
Rev. William J. Breed, do.
Rev. Josiah Peabody, Bolton;
Rev. James O. Barney, Seekonk;
Rev. Dudley Phelps, Groton;
Rev. Wales Lewis, South Weymouth;
Rev. Dorus Clarke, Springfield;
Alonzo Chapin, M. D., Foxborough;
Rev. Samuel Hunt, Natick;
Rev. S. S. Smith, Newton;
Rev. David Grosvenor, Uxbridge;
Rev. Edward A. Lawrence, Haverhill;
Rev. Oliver A. Taylor, Manchester;
Rev. Enoch Sanford, Raynham;
Rev. Daniel Mansfield, Wenham;
Rev. Cyrus W. Allen, Norton;
Rev. Reuben Emerson, South Read-
ing;

Rev. Daniel Emerson, Northborough;
Rev. Jonas Perkins, Braintree.

Rhode-Island :

Rev. Thomas Shepard, Bristol; Rev. Alfred Goldsmith, Little Compton;

Rev. Charles P. Grosvenor, Scituate; Rev. Alexander H. Dumont, Newport; William Guild, Esq., do.

Rev. Benjamin R. Allen, Barrington.

Connecticut :

Rev. George A. Calhoun, Coventry; James M. McDonald, Esq., New London;

David D. Field, D. D., Haddam;
Rev. Anson S. Atwood, Mansfield;
Zalmon Storrs, Esq., do.;

Rev. James P. Terry, Somers;
Rev. Mason Grosvenor, Sharon;
Rev. Reuben Torrey, Ashford;
Rev. Noah Coe, Greenwich;
Rev. Otis Rockwood, Woodstock;
Rev. Thomas Boutelle, North Wood-
stock;

Rev. Lent S. Hough, North Wood-
stock;

Rev. Roswell Whitmore, Killingly;
Rev. George J. Tillotson, Brooklyn;
Rev. Erastus Scranton, Burlington;
Rev. A. K. Hinsdale, Torrington;
Rev. John E. Edwards, Stonington.

New York:

Lyndon A. Smith, M. D., Newark;
Rev. Ebenezer Cheever, do.
Rev. Selah B. Treat, do.
Rev. Lewis Bond, Plainfield;
Job Squire, Esq., do.

Rev. Daniel H. Johnson, Mendham;
Rev. Ebenezer Seymour, Bloomfield.

Pennsylvania:

Rev. John C. Brigham, New York city; Rev. William Tobey, Bethany.

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Rev. C. P. Knowles, River Head, L. I. Mr. James D. Johnson, do.

Rev. Edward D. Allen, Albany;

Rev. Seth Smith, Genoa;

Rev. William Bradford, Berkshire.

New Jersey:

Rev. Ansel D. Eddy, Newark;

Missionaries:

Rev. Eli Smith, Beyroot, Syria;
Rev. Benjamin C. Meigs, Ceylon;
Rev. George Champion, South Africa;
Rev. Henry A. Homes, Constantinople.

ORGANIZATION.

The Hon. John Cotton Smith, President of the Board, not being present, the Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen, Vice President, took the chair, and the meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev. President Day.

The recording secretary then read the minutes of the last annual meeting.

Rev. Dr. Tucker, Rev. Messrs. William J. Armstrong, David Magie, and Chauncey Eddy were appointed a committee of arrangements.

REPORT OF THE TREASURER.

The Treasurer read his report as examined and approved by the auditors, which was referred to a committee, consisting of Orrin Day, Esq., Dr. Lyndon A. Smith, and S. V. S. Wilder, Esq., who afterwards recommended that it be approved and adopted, which was done.

REPORT OF THE PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE.

A brief Abstract of the Annual Report of the Prudential Committee was read by the secretaries for correspondence. The several parts of the document were referred to committees for examination, as follows:

The portion relating to the Home Department, to Rev. President Day, Chancellor Walworth, and Rev. A. D. Eddy ;—

That part respecting missions in Africa, Greece, and Turkey, to Rev. Dr. Cogswell, Rev. E. Cheever, and R. T. Haines, Esq.;—

That part on Syria and Persia, to Rev. Dr. Bates, Rev. J. D. Condit, and Walter Hubbell, Esq.;

That part on South India and Ceylon, to Rev. Dr. Beman, Rev. E. Seymour, and Anson G. Phelps, Esq. ;—

That part on the Mahrattas, to Rev. Dr. Tappan, Rev. J. G. Hamner, and Hon. Levi Cutter ;

That part on Eastern Asia and the Archipelago, to Rev. Dr. Hawes, Hon. Charles Marsh, and Rev. Calvin Durfee;

That part on the Sandwich Islands, to Rev. Drs. Thomas DeWitt and Tyler, and Rev. Asa Cummings ;—

That part on the North American Indians, to Rev. Drs. Woods, Pond, and William R. De Witt.

The various committees afterwards reported in favor of the adoption of the parts of the annual report respectively submitted to them, with a few alterations; they were accordingly adopted by the Board. The whole report was subsequently adopted as the report of the Board, and referred to the Prudential Committee for publication.

MISSIONARY HOUSE.

Some statements on the subject of the erection of the Missionary House were made by Mr. Hill, the treasurer, and were referred to the consideration of the committee which were appointed on the treasurer's report. This committee subsequently reported, that they are satisfied that the amount invested in the Missionary House in Boston, and taken from the permanent funds of the Board, is a judicious investment, combining not only great accommodation and convenience, but also security with economy; and recommend, that the same be approved by the Board, which was done.

VISIT OF THE FRENCH FRIGATE L'ARTEMISE AT THE SANDWICH

ISLANDS.

The following paper on the subject of the recent visit of the French frigate L'Artemise at the Sandwich Islands was read by Dr. Anderson.

On the 9th of July, 1839, the French frigate L'Artemise, captain C. Laplace, arrived at Honolulu, the seat of the Sandwich Islands government, commissioned, it was said, to settle difficulties alleged to exist between the government of France and the king of the islands. The same day captain Laplace addressed a manifesto to the government of the islands, in the name of his government, from which it appears that the offence of the islanders consisted in their having persecuted the Roman catholic religion, tarnished it with the name of idolatry, and expelled certain French papal missionaries from the islands; which, the captain said, was to offer an insult to France and its sovereign. In opposition to all this, speaking in the name of the French government, he demanded that the Hawaiian king should conform

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