New York evangelist.
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| OCLC: | 7720950 |
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
N.C. Saxton and Co.,
1830-
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| Series: | American periodical series, 1800-1850 ;
1829-1834. |
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| Related Items: | Continued by:
Evangelist (New York, N.Y. : 1856) Also published in quarto ed., 1842-1843. |
| Format: | Serial Microform Note that CRL will digitize material from the collection when copyright allows. |
| Published: | Vol. 1, no. 1 (Mar. 6, 1830)- Ceased with v. 27, no. 19 (May 8, 1856) |
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| Item Description: | A Presbyterian weekly newspaper founded in 1832 [i.e. 1830] to promote revivals, temperance and other reforms. Joshua Leavitt, anti-slavery advocate, was editor from 1832 to 1837. He later edited the Emancipator, of the Anti-Slavery Society. During the Civil War period, The Evangelist was a strong anti-slavery publication. A wide variety of magazines and books are reviewed, including Atlantic Monthly and Harper's Magazine. News for farmers, scientific news, bills in Congress, foreign religious news, progress of the gospel, and occupations for women are a few of the topics included. Cf. American periodicals, 1741-1900. Vol. 3-4 are lacking. Title from caption. Editor: <1830>- , J. Leavitt. |
| Physical Description: | 27 v. : ill. ; 75 cm. |
| Publication Frequency: | Weekly. |
| Related Items: | Also published in quarto ed., 1842-1843. |