Bahá'í Chronology Canada: 1893-09-23

date	event	locations	tags	firsts
1893 23 Sep	First public reference in North America to the Bahá'í Faith. Reference was made to it in a paper entitled `The Religious Mission of the English Speaking Nations' by Rev. Henry H. Jessup, a retired missionary from north Syria, read by Rev George A. Ford at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago. [AB63–4; BBD2412; BBR57; BFA1:323; BW2:230; GPB256; SBBH1:76, 88, 202] See AB63–4, BW2:169 for text. The Magee family of London, Ester and daughters Edith and Harriet heard of the Faith for the first time. [OBBC1] [key]	Chicago, IL; London, ON	Henry Jessup; Ester Magee; Edith Magee; Harriet Magee; Mrs Jonathon Magee; George A. Ford	First public mention of the Faith in America.