(TRAVEL) Abdullah Frères photographers Annual Meeting of the

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(TRAVEL.) Abdullah Frères, photographers. Annual Meeting of the Northern Armenian Mission. 9¾ x 12½ inches oval, on plain heavy paper mount, 14 x 16 inches, with extensive manuscript captioning, pencil photographer credit on verso; moderate foxing, minor vermin damage including slight loss in upper margin of image. Constantinople, Turkey, June 1859

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These American Protestant missionaries worked among the Armenian diaspora in the Middle East. All eleven missionaries are named, along with their postings. Standing are Herman N. Barnum, Tillman C. Trowbridge, Ira F. Pettibone, Charles F. Morse, and William W. Merriam (who would be slain by brigands in 1862). Seated are Jackson G. Coffing, Jasper N. Ball, Sanford Richardson, Josiah Peabody, Julius Y. Leonard, and Crosby H. Wheeler. They were stationed variously in Bulgaria and various towns in Turkey: Constantinople, Yozgat, Arabkir, Kharput / Harpoot, Caesarea / Kayseri, and Tocat. Two of the men wear eyeglasses which were apparently added in the negative.