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Narrative of the Mission to Orissa by Amos Sutton (1833)

ByRob

Today’s free book is Amos Sutton’s 1833 account of the General Baptist Mission’s work in Orissa (modern Odisha) in Eastern India. This public domain title was digitised using the copy of the book held in Spurgeon’s College library.

Amos Sutton [1798-1854], A Narrative of the Mission to Orissa, (the site of the Temple of Jugurnath;) Supported by the New Connexion of General Baptists in England. Boston, MA: David Marks, 1833. Hbk. pp.424. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]

Main image: A View of the procession at Jugunnath’s Festival (frontispiece)

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