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Title:
The weekly messenger. [online resource] : (Chambersburg, Pa.) 1838-1848
Alternative Titles:
  • Weekly messenger of the German Reformed Church
Place of publication:
Chambersburg, Pa.
Geographic coverage:
  • Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania  |  View more titles from this: City County, State
Publisher:
Board of Missions of the German Reformed Church
Dates of publication:
1838-1848
Description:
  • -new ser., v. 14, no. 12 (Nov. 29, 1848) = -no. 688.
  • Print began with new ser., vol. 4, no. 1 (Aug. 22, 1838).
Frequency:
Weekly
Language:
  • English
Subjects:
  • Chambersburg (Pa.)--Newspapers.
  • Franklin County (Pa.)--Newspapers.
  • Pennsylvania--Chambersburg.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01207905
  • Pennsylvania--Franklin County.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01207627
Notes:
  • "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.
  • Also issued in print.
  • 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).
  • 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.
LCCN:
2006255336
OCLC:
70552399
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