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Dutton Family Papers,
Date:1800-1880
Creator:Dutton, Samuel W. S. (Samuel William Southmayd), 1814-1866
Abstract:The collection is valuable for the documentation it provides concerning a New Haven area clergy family during the period 1800 to 1880. Daily events and family relationships are revealed in substantive family correspondence. Of particular interest are Samuel Dutton's notebooks from his student days at Yale. The bulk of the collection is comprised of manuscript sermons written by Aaron and Samuel Dutton during their pastorates in Guilford and New Haven. These sermons touch on topics such as slavery, the Civil War, "Millerism", temperance and immigration. The sermons span the careers of both Duttons, who were known for their abolitionist stances, and thus provide an opportunity for tracing the development of their thought over a number of years. Aaron Dutton was born in Watertown, Connecticut on May 21, 1780. He served as minister of the First Congregational Church in Guilford, Connecticut from 1806 until 1842, at which time he resigned due to the dissension in the congregation regarding his abolitionist stance. In 1843, he went to Iowa in service of the American Home Missionary Society. He died in New Haven in 1849. His son, Samuel William Southmayd Dutton was born in Guilford, Connecticut on March 14, 1814. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale in 1833, he held positions as teacher, tutor, rector, minister (North Church, New Haven, Connecticut), publisher and editor. He was a noted champion of the antislavery cause. He died in Millbury, Massachusetts in 1866.
Type:text
Type:archives or manuscripts
Type:collection
Extent:Total archival boxes 18; total linear footage 9'
Subject: Beecher, Charles, 1815-1900.
Subject: Day, George Edward, 1815-1905.
Subject: Dutton, Aaron, 1780-1849.
Subject: Dutton, Samuel W. S. (Samuel William Southmayd), 1814-1866.
Subject: Tarbox, Increase N. (Increase Niles), 1815-1888.
Subject: Church of Christ (New Haven, Conn.)
Subject: Congregational Home Missionary Society.
Subject: First Congregational Church (Guilford, Conn.)
Subject: Yale University.
Subject: Church work.
Subject: Congregationalism.
Subject: Emigration and immigration.
Subject: Missions.
Subject: Sermons, American.
Subject: Slavery.
Subject: Temperance.
Subject: Sermons.
Subject: Clergy.
Subject: Editors.
Subject: Educators.
Place Name: Guilford (Conn.) --Church history --Sources.
Place Name: New Haven (Conn.) --Church history --Sources.
Place Name: New Haven (Conn.) --History --Sources.
Place Name: United States --History --Civil War, 1861-1865.
Publisher:Yale University Divinity School Library 409 Prospect Street New Haven, CT 06511 Email: divinity.library@yale.edu Phone: (203) 432-5301
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