William Newton Hartshorn Explained

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. He was an executive officer at the Priscilla Publishing Company in Boston.

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

Notes and References

1. News: W.N. HARTSHORN WAS WIDELY KNOWN BAPTIST . . September 11, 1920 .
2. Web site: Napa Weekly Journal 25 November 1910 — California Digital Newspaper Collection . cdnc.ucr.edu.
3. Boston Herald obituary as reprinted on Findagrave
4. Web site: Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles . October 31, 1899 . U.S. Government Printing Office . Google Books.
5. Web site: Hartshorn, W. N. (William Newton), 1843-1920 | The Online Books Page . onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.
6. Web site: CONTENTdm. digital.ncdcr.gov.
7. Web site: An Era of Progress and Promise, 1863-1910: The religious, moral, and educational development of the American Negro since his emancipation . Priscilla Pub. Co. . Internet Archive.
8. Web site: 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.