James Hoyt letter, 1844-03-24
Collection context
- Creator:
- Hoyt, James, 1817-1866
- Abstract:
- James Hoyt was a Union Theological Seminary student from 1841-1844, and an ordained Presbyterian minister. The collection contains a letter from Hoyt to his cousin, Mary Louisa Starr, dated March 24, 1844.
- Extent:
- 0.25 linear feet (0.25 linear feet; 1 box)
- Language:
- English .
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains a letter written on March 24, 1844 by James Hoyt to his cousin, Mary Louisa Starr of Newton, Connecticut, while Hoyt was attending Union Theological Seminary. Hoyt wrote the letter from his room at Union, on a Sunday evening when he was recovering from food poisoning and was unable to attend services. The letter offers sympathy to his cousin, who has "been certainly made to drink pretty deeply of the cup of affliction; more deeply than most others of your age, yet less so than many." The letter also expresses a desire to see her.
- Biographical / historical:
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James Hoyt was born in Greenfield, NY, in 1817. After attending Union College, he completed his studies at Union Theological Seminary from 1841 to 1844. He was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in April, 1846, and served as acting pastor in Harlem (1844) and in Stanwich, CT (1845). From 1846-1849 he was a pastor in Tuskegee, Alabama, and he later lived in Talladega, AL; Stamford, CT; and New London, CT. For the last ten years of his life, he was pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Orange, NJ. Hoyt died in December of 1866.
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Item description, UTS1: James Hoyt letter, 1844, box #, folder #, The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.
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