All Items 2 Collection 1 Archives & Special Collections 2 Contributor 3 Cobb, Henry Nitchie, 1834-1910 2 Perkins, Justin, 1805-1869 2 American Bible Society 1 Location 1 Iran 2 Topic 4 Correspondence 2 Distribution 1 Missionaries 1 Religious literature 1 Part Of 1 Justin Perkins (AC 1829) Papers 2 Genre 1 Correspondence 2 Place of Creation 1 Tarrytown (N.Y.) 2 Henry Nitchie Cobb letter to Justin Perkins, 1863 May 21 Cobb, Henry Nitchie, 1834-1910 Henry N. Cobb letter to Justin Perkins in which Cobb responds to a letter from Perkins, remarking on his solitary situation and the changes Perkins' noted since he returned to Persia. He writes regarding Perkins' book, Missionary Life in Persia, and of his own address at a Baptist Sabbath School where he spoke about the Nestorians. He also writes about the little black box of which Perkins' spoke and mentions Brother Coan and Dr. Wright (George Whitefield Coan and Austin H. Wright). Henry Nitchie Cobb letter to Justin Perkins, 1863 May 21 Henry Nitchie Cobb letter to Justin Perkins, 1863 December 1 Cobb, Henry Nitchie, 1834-1910 Henry N. Cobb letter to Justin Perkins in which Cobb writes regarding his improved health and a conversation with Holdich about the possibility of the Bible Society sending an agent to Persia to aid in distribution of the Scriptures. Cobb goes on to discuss the progress of the Syriac N.T. (New Testament), mentioning Dr. (Austin H.) Wright, and the free admission of (Mirza N.) Benyamin to Bellevue Medical College thanks to Dr. Harris. He also says he cannot yet feel satisfied that he will not return to the East as a missionary. Henry Nitchie Cobb letter to Justin Perkins, 1863 December 1
