David Brainerd (1718-1747) was a missionary to the American
Indians in New York, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania. Born in Connecticut in 1718, he died of
tuberculosis at the age of twenty-nine.
Recommended Book: The
Life and Diary of David Brainerd edited by Jonathan Edwards; with a
biographical sketch of the life and work of Jonathan Edwards by Philip E. Howard,
Jr. Grand Rapids, Mich: Baker Book House, 1989. ISBN 0801009766. 385 pages.
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