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David Brainerd was ordained at Old First Presbyterian Church, Newark, New Jersey in 1744 to become missionary to the Lenni Lenape Indians.

Guy S. Klett with the Brainerd conch shell.

David Brainerd’s log house was located near Bangor, Pennsylvania.

David Brainerd’s log house was located near Bangor, Pennsylvania.

Brainerd Monument where his log cabin once stood, Martin's Creek, Pa. Inscription on the Brainerd Monument, Front: A few [?] north of this spot David Brainerd, missionary to the Indians, built his house, Dec. 6, 1744. Sides: Here much of his remarkable journal was written. Erected by the David Brainerd Society, 1884.

David Brainerd is buried at Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Massachusetts.

David Brainerd is buried at Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Massachusetts.

February 4, 1742/43 Letter to Joseph Bellamy (1743)

March 26, 1743 Letter to Joseph Bellamy (1743, 1857)

December 30, 1745 Letter to Eleazar Wheelock (1745)

The Gospel the Only True Reformer: Brainerd’s Remarks on the Work of Grace Under His Ministry Amongst the Indians at Croswicks, N.J. (1745, 1856)

September 20, 1746 Letter to William Bradford (1746)

Mirabilia Dei Inter Indicos, or The Rise and Progress of a Remarkable Work of Grace Amongst a Number of the Indians in the Provinces of New-Jersey and Pennsylvania, Justly Represented in a Journal Kept by Order of the Honourable Society (in Scotland) for Propagating Christian Knowledge (1746)

An Abridgment of Mr. David Brainerd's Journal Among the Indians (1746, 1748)

Preface to Thomas Shepard’s Diary (“Meditations and Spiritual Experiences”) (1747, 1847)

An Account of the Life of the Late Reverend Mr. David Brainerd, Minister of the Gospel...Chiefly Taken From His Own Diary, and Other Private Writings (1749)

Memoirs of the Rev. David Brainerd; Missionary to the Indians on the Borders of New-York, New-Jersey, and Pennsylvania: Chiefly Taken From His Own Diary. By Rev. Jonathan Edwards, of Northampton. Including His Journal, Now For the First Time Incorporated With the Rest of His Diary, In a Regular Chronological Series (1822)

The Life of the Rev. David Brainerd, Missionary to the North American Indians (1834)

Lives of Jonathan Edwards and David Brainerd (1837)

David Brainerd (1858)

David Brainerd the Apostle to the North American Indians (1891)

David Brainerd: The Mighty Man of Prayer (n.d.)

Source: Presbyterian Historical Society

Source: Presbyterian Historical Society

Source: Yale University Library Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Source: Yale University Library Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Source: Yale University Library Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Source: Yale University Library Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library