FORTIETH

ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY,

PRESENTED MAY 8, 1856.

WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING

A LIST OF AUXILIARY SOCIETIES AND THEIR OFFICERS,

AND ALSO

OF THE LIFE DIRECTORS AND MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY.

NEW YORK:

AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY,

INSTITUTED IN THE YEAR MDCCCXVI.

1856:

OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY.

President.

HON. THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN, LL.D., New Jersey.

Vice Presidents.

HON. HEMAN LINCOLN, Massachusetts.

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ROBERT P. DUNLAP, Maine.

JOHN MCLEAN, Justice Supreme Court U. S., Ohio.

CHARLES COTESWORTH PINCKNEY, South Carolina.

JOAQUIN MOSQUERA, New Granada.

THOMAS COCK, M.D., New York.

HON. PETER D. VROOM, New Jersey.

66 JOSEPH C. HORNBLOWER, New Jersey.

JOHN TAPPAN, Esq., Massachusetts.

SAMUEL RHEA, ESQ., Tennessee.

GEN. JOHN H. COCKE, Virginia.

HON. WILLIAM JAY, New York.

ARISTARCHUS CHAMPION, Esq., New York.
HON. ALLEN TRIMBLE, Ohio.

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66 LUTHER BRADISH, New York.
FREEBORN GARRETSON, Esq., New York.
HON. W. W. ELLSWORTH, Connecticut.
EDWARD MCGEHEE, Mississippi.
A. B. HASBROUCK, New York.
GEORGE BROWN, Esq., Maryland.
HON. R. H. WALWORTH, New York.
66 E. A. NEWTON, Massachusetts.
WM. B. CROSBY, Esq., New York.
B. L. SWAN, Esq., New York.
JAMES LENOX, Esq., New York.
FRANCIS HALL, Esq., New York.
MYRON PHELPS, Esq., Illinois.
JAMES A. MAYBIN, Esq., Louisiana.
MATTHEW T. SCOTT, Esq., Kentucky.