The actual documents are not, in most cases, available online, only this description of them.
Correspondence is primarily with clergymen sent to America.
17 Reels of Microfilm Restrictions Copyright on this collection is held by the Lambeth Palace Library. Materials may not be duplicated other than for personal use. From the beginning of English colonization, a need for spiritual guidance for colonists and missionary work among natives was felt by Church leaders, but performance fell short of the hazily perceived goal. In 1675 an official inquiry was gotten underway by the Church of England, but it was not until 1698 that the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge was formed, and even then, its scope was limited. In 1965 the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel merged with the Universities' Mission to Central Africa to form the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.