The Ballston Female Heathen School Society was founded in 1817 by fifty-seven
women from the Ballston region of New York to support the work of the
Princeton Theological Seminary and American Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions' (ABCFM) work in Brainerd, North Carolina and Ceylon. Its
scope later broadened to include support for mission work in Beirut, Syria,
Iran, and with Native Americans near Detroit. The collection includes the
Society’s constitution, annual reports, a subscriber roll with
contributions, acknowledgments of contributions, and correspondence from
recipients of support. View the
collection
guide to learn more.
Featured image: Ballston Female Heathen School Society constitution,
1817.