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Contents Introduction: "The Common Bowels of Pity to the Miserable" 1 Gold for Glass, Seeds to Fruit: Husbandry and Trade in Missionary Writings 34 "I Have Received Your Christian and Very Loving Letter": Epistolarity and Transatlantic Community 62 "The Reservoir of Natio~al Charity": The Role of the Missionary Society 84 Indians, Deists, and the Anglican Quest for Compassion: The Sermons of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts 1 1 1 5 The Sacrifice of Self: Emotional Expenditure and Transatlantic Ties in Brainerd's and Sergeant's Biographies 138 6 "Like Snow Against the Sun": The Christian Origins of the Vanishing Indian 160 Conclusion 195 Notes 203 Index 249 Acknowledgments 261 This page intentionally left blank ...

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