William Newton Hartshorn (October 28, 1843 September 1920) was a Baptist leader from the United States who travelled the world and became a millionaire advocating Sunday school and leading the "Sabbath army". He was born in Greenville, New Hampshire.[1] He lived in Boston.[2] He led a large tour and convention through Palestine and published an account of the journey with Louis Klopsch.[3] He was an executive officer at the Priscilla Publishing Company in Boston.[3]

He had a summer home at Clifton on the North Shore of Massachusetts known as "Dike Rock".[3]

In 1898 and 1899 he was issuing a publication called Household.[4]

He published a book about "progress and promise" among African Americans from the Civil War era to 1910.[5]

Publications

  • W. N. Hartshorn, ed. 1910. Era of Progress and Promise, 1863-1910: The religious, moral, and educational development of the American Negro since his emancipation (The Clifton Conference). Boston: Priscilla Pub. Co.[6] George W. Penniman, associate editor[7]
  • "The Story of an Alcohol Slave: As told by himself"[8]
  • The Cruise of the Eight Hundred to and Through Palestine; Glimpses of Bible Lands, by Hartshorn and Louis Klopsch

References

  1. "W.N. HARTSHORN WAS WIDELY KNOWN BAPTIST". The Cambridge Chronicle. September 11, 1920.
  2. "Napa Weekly Journal 25 November 1910 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu.
  3. 1 2 3 Boston Herald obituary as reprinted on Findagrave
  4. "Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles". U.S. Government Printing Office. October 31, 1899 via Google Books.
  5. "Hartshorn, W. N. (William Newton), 1843-1920 | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.
  6. "CONTENTdm". digital.ncdcr.gov.
  7. "An Era of Progress and Promise, 1863-1910: The religious, moral, and educational development of the American Negro since his emancipation". Priscilla Pub. Co. via Internet Archive.
  8. "The Story of an Alcohol Slave: As told by himself / Mr. W.N. Hartshorn, Chairman Executive Committee, Boston, Mass., Mr. Fred A. Wells, Treasurer, Hartford Building, Chicago, Ill., Mr. Marion Lawrance, General Secretary, Hartford Building, Chicago, Ill". Wellcome Collection.
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