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
- I. Diaries, 1827-1830
- II. Correspondence, 1816-1834
- III. Sermons, 1829, n.d.
- 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
Overview
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
Creator
- 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.
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