Minutes of the March 5, 1849 Foreign Mission Board Meeting

Richmond, March 5th 1849. Board met in the Mission Room. Present Bre. Jeter, Taylor, Kingsford, A Thomas, Snead, Talman, Ball, Gwathmey & Sumner. Prayer by Bro. E. Ball. Minutes of last meeting read and approved. Amount of Treasurer's receipts for last month $491.35 A letter was received from Bro. Jesse Hartwell, in which he informs the Board that in consequence of ill-health he is obliged to suspend his labors as agent for the present. Letters were received from Bre. Goodman, Pearcy, & Churchill. The Committee on China Missions reported and recommended the appointment of Miss Harriet A Baker of Powhatan County, Va. as a missionary to labor in Canton, China, which was adopted. The Committee referred to the Board for their decision the application of Eld. J. L. Shuck for an extension of the term for the allowance to male children, whereupon the Board, Resolved to adhere strictly to the "Regulations" of the Board, and therefor declined to comply with the request of Eld. J L Shuck. On motion, Resolved, that the Cor. Sec. be instructed and is hereby authorized to effect a compromise with Mr. [blank] Low of New York for the passage of Mr & Mrs Tobey engaged from Shanghai to the United States, and that the Treasurer