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<mods:title>Justin Perkins letter to Edward Hitchcock, 1847 June 11</mods:title>
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<mods:abstract>A letter from Justin Perkins, a missionary in Persia, to Edward Hitchcock expressing his excitement upon hearing of a religious revival at Amherst College. Perkins describes the success of the Female Seminary in Oroomiah, Persia. A postscript, dated 1846 June 17, relays information about a hot sulphur spring in Koordistan (Kurdistan).</mods:abstract>
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