Timothy Dwight Hunt collection, 1821-1895

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Summary

Creators:
Hunt, T. Dwight (Timothy Dwight), 1821-1895
Abstract:
Extent:
2 linear feet (3 archives boxes and 5 microfilm reels)
Language:
Preferred citation:

Timothy Dwight Hunt collection. San Francisco Theological Seminary

Background

Scope and content:

Hunt's journals, lectures, sermons, and letters describing life in, and history of, California, Hawaii, and the Sandwich Island.

Biographical / historical:

Timothy Dwight Hunt was born in Rochester, New York on March 10, 1821. Hunt attended Yale (graduating in 1840) and completed his degree at Auburn Seminary in 1843. Ordained by the Presbytery of Genesee, he and his wife sailed to Hawaii as missionaries. After four years, he and his family sailed to San Francisco, arriving on October 28, 1848. Hunt, a New School Presbyterian, is believed to have been the first full-time Protestant minister to settle in California. He held his first communion service at the “Public Institute” in Portsmouth Square, San Francisco on November 5, 1848. The congregation included different denominations. He was elected chaplain of San Francisco for two years. He organized the First Congregational Church in July 1849. Hunt became its minister on June 26, 1850. He also was one of three ministers who were part of the Presbytery in San Francisco in September 21 for Monterrey. The other ministers were Samuel H Wiley and John Waldo Douglas. Hunt left San Francisco in 1857, becoming the minister for First Presbyterian Church in Ithaca. He died February 7, 1895, leaving behind a significant legacy of journals, letters and church registers.

Acquisition information:
Collection received from Dr. George E. Hunt, the son of Timothy Dwight Hunt, of Madison, WI on January 25th, 1941.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

For permissions to publish, contact the branch librarian at the San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Anselmo, CA.

Preferred citation:

Timothy Dwight Hunt collection. San Francisco Theological Seminary

Location of this collection:
105 Seminary Road
San Anselmo, CA 94960, US
Contact:
(415) 451-2848
sftslibrary@sfts.edu
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