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Description:Original Arabic deed of transfer of garden (for cemetery) from Susan Wortabel to William Goodell, signed by Isaac Bird. $333. A.D 1826. Registered in British Chancellerie, site of Presbyterian Church of A.S.G.Subject names:Goodell, William, 1792-1867., Wortabel, Susan., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission.Topics:Missionaries--Lebanon--Beirut., Missionaries--Lebanon--Beirut., Missions--Lebanon--Beirut.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:10154
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Description:Agricultural missions and rural reconstruction are part of the work in Deir ez Zor and surrounding area. In this picture a young Palestinian refugee, Mahmoud Hamad, takes advantage of the current copy of Poultry Journal in the home of Rev. and Mrs. Carl [ Jean Catherine] Nelson. Mr. Hamad is a teacher in the government elementary school of agriculture in Deir ez Zor. Personal friendship with the missionaries meant much to this young man recently when he lost his wife.Subject names:Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., Nelson, Carl, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions., Nelson, Jean C.Topics:Missions--Agricultural work--Syria--Dayr al-Zawr--20th century., Rural missions--Syria--Dayr al-Zawr--20th century., Church work with refugees--Syria--20th century.Geographic subjects:Dayr al-Zawr (Syria), Syria--Missions--20th century.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8161
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Description:Members of the Mission Farm staff compare a fine American rooster with one of the local varieties. Six hundred baby chicks were flown by Pan-American Clipper Cargo from New York to Damascus in February, 1949. Now grown to maturity they are ready to reproduce themselves -- with the aid of two new incubators -- for distribution throughout Syria.Subject names:Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Syria Mission., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions.Topics:Presbyterian Church--Missions--Syria--20th century., Missions--Agricultural work--Syria--20th century.Geographic subjects:Syria--Missions--20th century.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7546
