Hunger and thirst

Author: Charles H. A. Dall

"Rev. Charles H. A. DALL, son of James Dall, of Boston, and Henrietta (Austin) Dall, of New Haven, was born in Baltimore, Md., and is of Scotch descent, three generations of the family having lived in this country. He graduated at Harvard College in 1837, went to St. Louis with Rev. William G. Eliot, and then, after having spent a year in Europe, was Minister at Large in Baltimore. Leaving Baltimore at the end of three years on account of ill-health, he was settled successively at Portsmouth, N.H., Needham, Mass., and Toronto, Canada. His zeal in missionary work, together with the necessity of seeking some more congenial climate, took him, in February, 1855, to Calcutta, India, where he has since remained in the service of the American Unit… Go to person page >