Missionary Periodicals of the Antebellum United States

1 The New-York Missionary Magazine, and Repository of Religious Intelligence

4 vols; bimonthly, Jan. 1800–Dec. 1801; monthly, Jan. 1802–Dec. 1803

sponsorNew-York Missionary Society

circulation2,449 in 1800

issues 

• Vol. 1 (Jan. 1800–Dec. 1800); 6 issues
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• Vol. 2 (Jan. 1801–Dec. 1801); 6 issues
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• Vol. 3 (Jan. 1802–Dec. 1802); 12 issues
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• Vol. 4 (Jan. 1803–Dec. 1803); 12 issues
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2.1 The Connecticut Evangelical Magazine

7 vols; monthly, Jul. 1800–Jun. 1807

sponsorMissionary Society of Connecticut

circulation4,000 in 1801–1803; 3,000 in 1804–1807

issues 

• Vol. 1 (Jul. 1800–Jun. 1801); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 2 (Jul. 1801–Jun. 1802); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 3 (Jul. 1802–Jun. 1803); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 4 (Jul. 1803–Jun. 1804); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 5 (Jul. 1804–Jun. 1805); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 6 (Jul. 1805–Jun. 1806); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 7 (Jul. 1806–Jun. 1807); 12 issues 
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2.2 Connecticut Evangelical Magazine; and Religious Intelligencer

8 vols; monthly, Jan. 1808–Dec. 1815

predecessor_2.1Connecticut Evangelical Magazine

sponsorMissionary Society of Connecticut

circulation3,700 in 1808–1815

issues 

• Vol. 1 (Jan. 1808–Dec. 1808); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 2 (Jan. 1809–Dec. 1809); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 3 (Jan. 1810–Dec. 1810); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 4 (Jan. 1811–Dec. 1811); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 5 (Jan. 1812–Dec. 1812); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 6 (Jan. 1813–Dec. 1813); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 7 (Jan. 1814–Dec. 1814); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 8 (Jan. 1815–Dec. 1815); 12 issues 
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2.3 The Religious Intelligencer

22 vols.; weekly, 1 Jun. 1816–31 May 1838

predecessor_2.2Connecticut Evangelical Magazine, and Religious Intelligencer

sponsorNathan Whiting

circulation2,000 in 1816; 4,700 in 1823

issues 

• Prospectus (Apr. 1816); 1 issue 
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• Vol. 1 (1 Jun. 1816–31 May 1817); 52 issues 
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• Vol. 2 (1 Jun. 1817–31 May 1818); 52 issues 
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• Vol. 3 (1 Jun. 1818–31 May 1819); 52 issues 
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• Vol. 4 (1 Jun. 1819–31 May 1820); 52 issues 
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• Vol. 5 (1 Jun. 1820–31 May 1821); 52 issues 
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• Vol. 6 (1 Jun. 1821–31 May 1822); 52 issues 
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• Vol. 7 (1 Jun. 1822–31 May 1823); 52 issues 
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• Vol. 8 (1 Jun. 1823–31 May 1824); 52 issues 
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• Vol. 9 (1 Jun. 1824–31 May 1825); 52 issues 
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• Vol. 10 (1 Jun. 1825–31 May 1826); 52 issues 
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• Vol. 11 (1 Jun. 1826–31 May 1827); 52 issues 
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• Vol. 12 (1 Jun. 1827–31 May 1828); 52 issues 
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• Vol. 13 (1 Jun. 1828–31 May 1829); 52 issues 
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• Vol. 14 (1 Jun. 1829–31 May 1830); 52 issues 
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• Vol. 15 (1 Jun. 1830–31 May 1831); 52 issues 
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• Vol. 16 (1 Jun. 1831–31 May 1832); 52 issues 
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• Vol. 17 (1 Jun. 1832–31 May 1833); 52 issues 
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• Vol. 18 (1 Jun. 1833–31 May 1834); 52 issues 
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• Vol. 19 (1 Jun. 1834–31 May 1835); 52 issues 
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• Vol. 20 (1 Jun. 1835–31 May 1836); 52 issues 
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• Vol. 21 (1 Jun. 1836–31 May 1837); 52 issues 
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• Vol. 22 (1 Jun. 1837–31 May 1838); 52 issues 
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3.1 The Massachusetts Missionary Magazine

5 vols.; monthly, May 1803–May 1808

sponsorMassachusetts Missionary Society

issues 

• Vol. 1 (May 1803–Apr. 1804); 12 issues
• Vol. 2 (Jun. 1804–May 1805); 12 issues
• Vol. 3 (Jun. 1805–May 1806); 12 issues
• Vol. 4 (Jun. 1806–May 1807); 12 issues
• Vol. 5 (Jun. 1807–May 1808); 12 issues

3.2 The Panoplist, or Christian’s Armory

3 vols.; monthly, Jun. 1805–May 1808

sponsors
 Association of Friends to Evangelical Truth
 Massachusetts Missionary Society
 Hampshire Missionary Society
 Berkshire Missionary Society
 Maine Missionary Society
 Rhode Island Missionary Society

circulation7,000 in 1808

issues 

• Vol. 1 (Jun. 1805–May 1806); 12 issues
• Vol. 2 (Jun. 1806–May 1807); 12 issues
• Vol. 3 (Jun. 1807–May 1808); 12 issues

3.3 The Panoplist & Missionary Magazine United

4 vols.; monthly, Jun. 1808–May 1812

predecessors
 _3.2The Panoplist, or Christian’s Armory
 _3.1Massachusetts Missionary Magazine

sponsorAssociation of Friends to Evangelical Truth

circulation7,000 in 1808

issues 

• Vol. 4 [1] (Jun. 1808–May 1809); 12 issues
• Vol. 5 [2] (Jun. 1809–May 1810); 12 issues
• Vol. 6 [3] (Jun. 1810–May 1811); 12 issues
• Vol. 7 [4] (Jun. 1811–May 1812); 12 issues

3.4 The Panoplist & Missionary Magazine

6 vols.; monthly, Jun. 1812–May 1813; biweekly, Jun. 1813–Dec. 1813; monthly, Jan. 1814–Dec. 1817

predecessor_3.3The Panoplist & Missionary Magazine United

sponsor[Association of Friends to Evangelical Truth]

issues 

• Vol. 8 [5] (Jun. 1812–May 1813); 12 issues
• Vol. 9 [6] (Jun. 1813–Dec. 1813); 12 issues
• Vol. 10 (Jan. 1814–Dec. 1814); 12 issues
• Vol. 11 (Jan. 1815–Dec. 1815); 12 issues
• Vol. 12 (Jan. 1816–Dec. 1816); 12 issues
• Vol. 13 (Jan. 1817–Dec. 1817); 12 issues

3.5 The Panoplist & Missionary Herald

3 vols.; monthly, Jan. 1818–Dec. 1820

predecessor_3.4The Panoplist & Missionary Magazine

sponsor[Association of Friends to Evangelical Truth]

issues 

• Vol. 14 (Jan. 1818–Dec. 1818); 12 issues
• Vol. 15 (Jan. 1819–Dec. 1819); 12 issues
• Vol. 16 (Jan. 1820–Dec. 1820); 12 issues

3.6 American Missionary Register

6 vols.; monthly, Jul. 1820–Dec. 1825

sponsorUnited Foreign Missionary Society

successor_3.7The Missionary Herald

circulation800 in 1822; 2,000 in 1823

issues 

• Vol. 1 (Jul. 1820–Jun. 1821); 12 issues
• Vol. 2 (Jul. 1821–Jun. 1822); 12 issues
• Vol. 3 (Jul. 1822–Dec. 1822); 6 issues
• Vol. 4 (Jan. 1823–Dec. 1823); 12 issues
• Vol. 5 (Jan. 1824–Dec. 1824); 12 issues
• Vol. 6 (Jan. 1825–Dec. 1825); 12 issues

3.7 The Missionary Herald

40 vols; monthly, Jan. 1821–Dec. 1861

predecessor_3.5The Panoplist & Missionary Herald

merger_3.6American Missionary Register

sponsorAmerican Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

circulation14,000 in 1822–1824; 13,000 in 1826; 22,000 in 1840; 23,000 in 1841; 30,000 in 1869

issues 

• Vol. 17 (Jan. 1821–Dec. 1821); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 18 (Jan. 1822–Dec. 1822); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 19 (Jan. 1823–Dec. 1823); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 20 (Jan. 1824–Dec. 1824); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 21 (Jan. 1825–Dec. 1825); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 22 (Jan. 1826–Dec. 1826); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 23 (Jan. 1827–Dec. 1827); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 24 (Jan. 1828–Dec. 1828); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 25 (Jan. 1829–Dec. 1829); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 26 (Jan. 1830–Dec. 1830); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 27 (Jan. 1831–Dec. 1831); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 28 (Jan. 1832–Dec. 1832); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 29 (Jan. 1833–Dec. 1833); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 30 (Jan. 1834–Dec. 1834); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 31 (Jan. 1835–Dec. 1835); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 32 (Jan. 1836–Dec. 1836); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 33 (Jan. 1837–Dec. 1837); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 34 (Jan. 1838–Dec. 1838); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 35 (Jan. 1839–Dec. 1839); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 36 (Jan. 1840–Dec. 1840); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 37 (Jan. 1841–Dec. 1841); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 38 (Jan. 1842–Dec. 1842); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 39 (Jan. 1843–Dec. 1843); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 40 (Jan. 1844–Dec. 1844); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 41 (Jan. 1845–Dec. 1845); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 42 (Jan. 1846–Dec. 1846); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 43 (Jan. 1847–Dec. 1847); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 44 (Jan. 1848–Dec. 1848); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 45 (Jan. 1849–Dec. 1849); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 46 (Jan. 1850–Dec. 1850); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 47 (Jan. 1851–Dec. 1851); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 48 (Jan. 1852–Dec. 1852); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 49 (Jan. 1853–Dec. 1853); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 50 (Jan. 1854–Dec. 1854); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 51 (Jan. 1855–Dec. 1855); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 52 (Jan. 1856–Dec. 1856); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 53 (Jan. 1857–Dec. 1857); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 54 (Jan. 1858–Dec. 1858); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 55 (Jan. 1859–Dec. 1859); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 56 (Jan. 1860–Dec. 1860); 12 issues 
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• Vol. 57 (Jan. 1861–Dec. 1861); 12 issues 
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3.8 Missionary Paper

39 issues; irregular, Jan. 1821–Jan. 1831, 1831–1840?

sponsorAmerican Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

3.9 The Dayspring

8 vols.; monthly, Jan. 1842–Dec. 1849

auxiliary_3.7The Missionary Herald

merger_3.7The Missionary Herald

sponsorAmerican Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

circulation65,000 in 1841; over 40,000 in 1849

4.1 The Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Magazine

4 vols; semiannually, triannually, and quarterly in triennial volumes; Sep. 1803–Dec. 1816

sponsorBaptist Missionary Society of Massachusetts

circulation4,000 in 1816

4.2 The American Baptist Magazine, and Missionary Intelligencer

4 vols.; bimonthly in biennial volumes; Jan. 1817–Nov. 1824

predecessor_4.1The Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Magazine

sponsorBaptist Missionary Society of Massachusetts

circulation10,000 in 1821

4.3 The American Baptist Magazine

11 vols.; monthly, Jan. 1825–Dec. 1835

predecessor_4.2The American Baptist Magazine, and Missionary Intelligencer

sponsors
 Baptist Missionary Society of Massachusetts (1825–1826)
 Board of Managers of the Baptist General Convention (1827–1835)

4.4 The Baptist Missionary Magazine

14 vols.; monthly, Jan. 1836–Dec. 1849

predecessor_4.3The American Baptist Magazine

sponsors
 Board of Managers of the Baptist General Convention (1836–1845)
 Executive Committee of the American Baptist Missionary Union (1846–1849)

4.5 The Missionary Magazine

12 vols.; monthly, Jan. 1850–Dec. 1861

predecessor_4.4Baptist Missionary Magazine

sponsorExecutive Committee of the American Baptist Missionary Union

circulation5,000 in 1858; 8,000 in 1871

4.6 The Commission

3 vols. [not all extant]; monthly, Jan. 1849–Jun. 1851

predecessor_4.5The Missionary Magazine

sponsorForeign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention

4.7 The Home and Foreign Journal

11 vols.; monthly, Jul. 1851–Sep. 1861

predecessor_4.5The Missionary Magazine

sponsorForeign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention

4.8 The Commission; or, Southern Baptist Missionary Magazine

6 vols.; monthly, Jul. 1856–Sep. 1861

predecessor_4.6The Commission

sponsorForeign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention

circulation7,000 in 1850

5 The Assembly’s Missionary Magazine; or Evangelical Intelligencer

2 vols.; monthly, Jan. 1805–Dec. 1806

predecessorEvangelical Intelligencer

sponsorGeneral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA

6 The Latter Day Luminary

6 vols.; pentannually, Feb. 1818–Nov. 1821; monthly, Jan. 1822–Dec. 1825

sponsors
 Committee of the Baptist Board of Foreign Missions for the United States (1818–1821)
 Committee of the Board of Managers of the General Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the United States (1822–1825)

circulation10,000 in 1819; 946 in 1823; 1,100 in 1824; 750 in 1825

7 Missionary

7 vols.; weekly, irregular, [May] 1819–10 Oct. 1825

sponsorPresbytery of Georgia

8 The United Brethren’s Missionary Intelligencer, and Religious Miscellany

9 vols.; quarterly, Jan. 1822–[Sep.] 1848

sponsorProtestant Episcopal Church of the United Brethren

9 Abolition Intelligencer and Missionary Magazine

1 vol.; monthly, May 1822–Apr. 1823

sponsorKentucky Abolition Society

circulationless than 500 in 1823

10.1 Zion’s Herald _{1st series}

6 vols.; weekly, 9 Jan. 1823–27 Aug. 1828

sponsorNew-England Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

successor_10.4Christian Advocate and Journal, and Zion’s Herald

circulation2,500 in 1824

10.2 Christian Advocate

1 vol.; weekly, 9 Sep. 1826–10 Mar. 1827

sponsorBook Concern, Methodist Episcopal Church

circulation5,000 in 1826

10.3 Christian Advocate and Journal _{1st series}

1 vol.; weekly, 17 Mar. 1827–29 Aug. 1828

predecessor_10.2Christian Advocate

mergerWesleyan Journal (Charleston, South Carolina)

sponsorBook Concern, Methodist Episcopal Church

circulation28,000 in 1828

10.4 Christian Advocate and Journal, and Zion’s Herald

5 vols.; weekly, 5 Sep. 1828–23 Aug. 1833

predecessor_10.3Christian Advocate and Journal

merger_10.1Zion’s Herald

sponsorBook Concern, Methodist Episcopal Church

circulationhigher than 28,000 in 1828

10.5 Christian Advocate and Journal _{2nd series}

33 vols.; weekly, 30 Aug. 1833–Dec. 1861

predecessor_10.4Christian Advocate and Journal, and Zion’s Herald

sponsorBook Concern, Methodist Episcopal Church

circulation30,000 in 1869

10.6 Zion’s Herald _{2nd series}

8 vols.; weekly, 4 Sep. 1833–13 Jan. 1841

predecessor_10.4Christian Advocate and Journal, and Zion’s Herald

mergerNew England Christian Herald

sponsorBoston Wesleyan Association

circulation4,000 in the 1830s

10.7 Zion’s Herald and Wesleyan Journal

21 vols.; weekly, 20 Jan. 1841–27 Nov. 1861

predecessor_10.6Zion’s Herald

mergerMaine Wesleyan Journal

sponsorBoston Wesleyan Association

circulation16,000 in 1869

11.1 The Home Missionary and American Pastor’s Journal

12 vols.; monthly, May 1828–Apr. 1840

sponsors
 American Home Missionary Society (1828–1830)
 Congregational Home Missionary Society

circulation5,000 in 1828–1830

11.2 The Home Missionary, and Pastor’s Journal

3 vols.; monthly, May 1840–1843

predecessor_11.1The Home Missionary and American Pastor’s Journal

sponsorCongregational Home Missionary Society

11.3 The Home Missionary

18 vols.; monthly, May 1845–Dec. 1861

predecessor_11.2The Home Missionary, and Pastor’s Journal

circulationless than 5,000 in 1869

12 The Missionary Reporter, and Education Register, of the Missionary and Education Boards, of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, in the United States

3 vols.; monthly, Sep. 1829–Aug. 1832

sponsorBoard of Missions, General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA

circulation7,500 in 1830

13 The Chinese Repository

20 vols.; monthly, May 1832–Dec. 1851

sponsorElijah Coleman Bridgman, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions

circulationhigher than 200 in China, higher than 150 in the United States

14.1 The Foreign Missionary Chronicle

9 vols.; monthly, Apr. 1833–Dec. 1841

sponsorWestern Foreign Missionary Society

circulation5,000 in 1840

14.2 The Missionary Chronicle

8 vols.; monthly, Jan. 1842–Dec. 1849

predecessor_14.1Foreign Missionary Chronicle

successor_14.3The Home and Foreign Record

sponsorBoard of Foreign Missions, General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA

14.3 The Home and Foreign Record

12 vols.; monthly, Jan. 1850–Dec. 1861

sponsorBoard of Missions, Education, Foreign Missions, and Publication, Presbyterian Church USA

circulation17,000 in 1856; 19,000 in 1857; 16,500 in 1869

15.1 Missionary Paper of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America

1 vol. [not all extant]; irregular?, Mar. 1830–Sep. 1830

successor_15.2Missionary Record of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society

sponsorDomestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America

15.2 Missionary Record of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America

3 vols.; monthly, Jan. 1833–Dec. 1835

predecessor_15.1Missionary Paper of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society

successor_15.3The Spirit of Missions

sponsorDomestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America

15.3 The Spirit of Missions

26 vols.; monthly, Jan. 1836–Dec. 1861

predecessor_15.2Missionary Record of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society

sponsorDomestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America

16.1 The Union Missionary Herald

1 vol.; monthly, Jan. 1842–Aug. 1842

successor_16.2The Union Missionary

sponsorJosiah Brewer; Union Missionary Society

16.2 The Union Missionary

3 vols.; monthly, May 1844–Sep. 1846

predecessor_16.1The Union Missionary Herald

successor_16.3The American Missionary

sponsorUnion Missionary Society

16.3 The American Missionary

15 vols.; monthly, Oct. 1846–Oct. 1856 (1st series); Jan. 1857–Dec. 1861 (2nd series)

predecessor_16.2The Union Missionary

sponsorAmerican Missionary Association

circulation19,000 in 1855; 32,000 in 1869

17 The Foreign Missionary

14 vols.; monthly, May 1842–Dec. 1861

sponsorBoard of Foreign Missions, General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA

circulationprobably less than 5,000 in 1869

18 The Macedonian

18 vols.; monthly, Nov. 1842–Dec. 1861

successorThe Macedonian and Record

sponsorAmerican Baptist Missionary Union

circulation3,000 in 1865

19 The Madras Christian Instructor and Missionary Record

10 vols.; monthly, Jun. 1843–Dec. [1852]

sponsorAmerican Mission Press

20 Der Lutheraner

18 vols.; biweekly, 1 Sep. 1844–11 Dec. 1861

sponsors
 Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther (1844–1847)
 Missouri Synod (1847–1861)

21 The Missionary Advocate

17 vols.; monthly, Apr. 1845–Dec. 1861

sponsorMissionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church

22.1 The Missionary

6 vols.; [weekly], Jan. 1848–24 Oct. 1861

successor_22.3The Lutheran and Missionary

22.2 The Lutheran and Home Journal

2 vols.; [weekly], 6 Jul. 1860–11 Oct. 1861

successor_22.3The Lutheran and Missionary

sponsorGeneral Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America

22.3 The Lutheran and Missionary

1 vol.; [weekly], 31 Oct. 1861–[Dec. 1861]

predecessors
 _22.1The Missionary
 _22.2The Lutheran and Home Journal

23 The Missionary Telescope

4 vols.; monthly, Jan. 1858–Nov. 1861

sponsorHome, Frontier, and Foreign Missionary Society of the United Brethren in Christ

circulation6,000 in 1861