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Emma Crosby

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Digital collection of Emma Crosby letters available online

By kalsbeek on September 30, 2008

An illuminating set of letters from the wife of a prominent Methodist missionary in B.C. is now freely available online. The letters from Emma Crosby (1849-1926) provide a fascinating glimpse into the missionary experience. Due to her gender, Emma was not able to become a missionary, although her husband Thomas served as one on the […]

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