Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Access Points
Contents
Biography
Correspondents
Material Transferred from the Collection
Related Collections
Descriptive Summary
Title: Joseph Augustine Benton Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1849-1899
Box Number: 28-29
Creator:
Benton, Joseph A. (Joseph Augustine), 1818-1892
Repository:
California State Library
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Unrestricted.
Conditions of Use
Please credit California State Library.
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the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Joseph Augustine Benton Papers, California State Library.
Access Points
Voyages to the Pacific coast
Pioneers--California
Frontier and pioneer life--California
Sacramento (Calif.)--Social life and customs
Pioneer Congregational United Church of Christ (Sacramento, Calif.)
Pioneer Congregational United Church of Christ (Sacramento, Calif.)--Sermons
Benton, Joseph A. (Joseph Augustine), 1818-1892
Contents
Correspondence, journal, sermons, other papers.
Biography
A Congregational minister, Benton came to California by ship in 1849. He settled and began his ministry in Sacramento. In
later life, he became president of the Pacific Theological Seminary in Oakland, California. He died April 8, 1892, in Oakland.
Correspondents
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Bagley, A. J.
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Benton, Joseph A. (Joseph Augustine), 1818-1892.
Material Transferred from the Collection
Benton's 2 volume journal
Identifier/Call Number: (c**F 865 B425 A3)
Related Collections
Title: Pioneer Congregational Church collection