Skip to main content

Noah C. Saxton Papers

 Collection
Call Number: RG 123

Scope and Contents

These papers shed light on the training, life, and work of Noah C. Saxton, an early nineteenth century evangelist in America. A detailed summary of the collection prepared by Constance R. Spande is available in folder 17.

Dates

  • 1816-1834

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from dealer.

Arrangement

  1. I. Diaries, 1827-1830
  2. II. Correspondence, 1816-1834
  3. III. Sermons, 1829, n.d.
  4. IV. Biographical and Collected Material, 1819-1822, n.d.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/divinity.123

Abstract

Correspondence, diaries, and sermons document Saxton's evangelistic work. Noah C. Saxton (1798-ca. 1834) was an evangelist in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York.

Biographical / Historical

1798 Jan 24
Born, lived in Wilbraham, Massachusetts
1822
Conducted evangelistic ministry--largely in New Jersey, Westchester and Suffolk Counties, New York, and Greenwich area of Connecticut
Licensed and ordained for work as an evangelist
Studied for the ministry under Alfred Ely
Attended Union College
ca. 1834
Died
Title
Guide to the Noah C. Saxton Papers
Author
Compiled by Martha Lund Smalley
Date
1997
Description rules
Finding Aid Prepared According To Local Divinity Library Descriptive Practices
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Part of the Yale Divinity Library Repository

Contact:
409 Prospect Street
New Haven CT 06511 US
(203) 432-5301

Opening Hours