John B. Benham diary : manuscript.

Canada, New York, 1823-1831.

1 volume (circa 180 pages)

English

In English.

Purchased from Bartleby's Books on the Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 2019.

This material is open for research.

John B. Benham (1806-1868) was a Methodist missionary in Canada. Beginning in 1828, he was a missionary to Ojibwa and Mohawk tribes in Canada. He later served as a missionary in Liberia and Onandaga, New York.

Autograph manuscript diary in the hand of John B. Benham describing his education and work as a Methodist missionary, 1823-1831. Early passages detail Benham's early life in Rome, New York and education at Cazenovia Seminary, where he was one of the first students, 1826-1828. Benham describes his time as a missionary among Ojibwa and Mohawk tribes in Canada, particularly his time on Grape Island and Sawguin Island, Ontario, where Benham established a mission and school. Benham writes of his fellow missionaries, including Peter Jones, William Case, John Sunday, and Chester Jacobs, his efforts to learn the Ojibwa language, several schools established by the missionaries, and the relations between the missionaries and tribes.

January 13, 2020

John B. Benham Diary. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

John B. Benham Diary. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Missionaries Canada 19th century.