American Bible Society

noun

a society founded in New York City in 1816 to bring about worldwide dissemination of the Bible.

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From 1821 until 1828 he was president of the American Bible Society.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 3 | Various
He took an active part in the founding of the American Bible Society in 1816, of which he became the first president.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 | Various
The American Bible Society up to 1868, however, distributed a million copies of scriptural and religious works among the freedmen.
The History of the Negro Church | Carter Godwin Woodson
But it, too, was completed and published in 1879, by the American Bible Society.
Among the Sioux | R. J. Creswell
After his second return he proposed the organization of the American Bible Society, which was accomplished in 1816.
A History of American Christianity | Leonard Woolsey Bacon

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