Journal of a Residence at Bagdad / During the Years 1830 and 1831

A missionary records two years living in Baghdad in the early 1830s, detailing daily routines, encounters with Jews, Armenians, and Chaldeans, and efforts to distribute Scriptures in Arabic and Armenian. He documents outbreaks of disease, siege, flooding, and civil disorder, describes local customs and language difficulties, and reflects on reliance on providence amid hardship. Interwoven are observations on the region's political tensions and increasing contact with European ideas and technologies, and personal spiritual reflections on perseverance, ministry choices, and the practical challenges of evangelistic work.