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Permit us to labor on in obscurity, and at the end of twenty years you may hear from us again.

Adoniram Judson

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Adoniram Judson
Age: 61 †
Born: 1788
Born: August 9
Died: 1850
Died: April 12
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Malden
Massachusetts
Sr.Adoniram Judson
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