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East Indian Mission Map 1851

East Indian Mission

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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East India Mission manuscript history, 1849-1914

Mormon Newsroom Facts and Statistics: India

R. Lanier Britsch, From the East: The History of the Latter-day Saints in Asia, 1851-1996 (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1998), 8-30

Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1941)

R. Lanier Britsch, "A History of the Missionary Activities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in India, 1849-1856," Master's thesis, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1964

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Nathaniel Vary Jones

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Willard Richards journals and papers, 1821-1854

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Siam Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1852-1855

William Willes

MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959

Mary Charleen Cutler and Glenda Irene Cutler Sharp, comp., The Life of William Willes: From His Own Personal Journals and Writings (Orem, Utah: Bliss J. Hansen, 1999

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East Indian Mission

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Formed in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Nathaniel Vary Jones Departed from Home as Mission President

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East India Mission manuscript history, 1849-1914

Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008

Missionary reports, 1831-1900

Siam Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1852-1855

Willard Richards journals and papers, 1821-1854

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Ended 1855

William Willes Set Apart as Mission President

Start Date Details

Sources

East India Mission manuscript history, 1849-1914

Mary Charleen Cutler and Glenda Irene Cutler Sharp, comp., The Life of William Willes: From His Own Personal Journals and Writings (Orem, Utah: Bliss J. Hansen, 1999

MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959

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Ended 1885 February 12

Ended in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States