The main source of material related to Samuel Bacon Fairbank and his descendents is the massive collection of Fairbank Family Papers in the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library of Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. The annual reports of the American Marathi Mission also provide a wealth of information. Other general sources include the following:.
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AndersonRufus. History of the Missions of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in India. Boston: Congregational Publishing Society, 1874.
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GoodsellField Fred. They Lived Their Faith: An Almanac of Faith, Hope, and Love. Boston: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 1961.
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HazenWilliam. A Century in India: A Historical Sketch of the Marathi Mission of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (American Marathi Mission) from 1813 to 1913. Bombay: American Marathi Mission, 1913.
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Historical Sketch of the Mission to the Mahrattas of Western India. New York: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 1862.
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Memorial Papers of the American Marathi Mission, 1813–1881. Bombay: Education Society's Press, Byculla, 1882.
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MoultonLangdon Joseph. Faith for the Future: The American Marathi Mission India Sesquicentennial, 1963. New York: United Church Board for World Ministries, 1967.