On February 19, 1812, Ann and Adoniram Judson sailed for India as missionaries commissioned by the Congregational Church (see post on February 6). Upon arriving in India, they asked the British Baptist William Ward to baptize them by immersion. Because of the political situation between England and the United States, Americans were unwelcome in India, so the Judsons traveled to Burma where evangelized to the Burmese. They began translating the Bible into the local language, wrote tracts and made friends. The picture here shows a replica of the ship in which they sailed half way round the world. ABHS has many books about the Judson’s, Judson’s original letters to the mission society in America, and several artifacts used by Judson in his ministry.
