• Journal of Robert Sawyer, Class of 1838.

Curatorial note:

Sawyer’s journal begins with his final days as a Princeton student, but primarily documents his time as a Presbyterian missionary in Monrovia, Liberia, from 1841 until his death there in 1843. Sawyer describes in detail his interactions with tribesmen, kings, and governors; his efforts to build a school and to establish other missions; and his dealings with local people. His undergraduate entries note his worship with the Princeton African American Presbyterian congregation, revealing heretofore unknown connections between town and gown. Sources like this journal were used by the Princeton and Slavery Project to construct and understand the nature of racial relations within the college and town in the antebellum period.

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Student Correspondence and Writings Collection (AC334, box 14). Princeton University Archives. Purchase, Hurlbut Barnes Cutting Sr. Memorial Fund.

Collections:

• Welcome Additions
• University Archives

Title:

• Journal of Robert Wood Sawyer, Class of 1838, Volume II

Language:

• English

Extent:

• 1 box

Publisher:

• Princeton University. Library. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
• Princeton University. Library. Special Collections

Created:

• 1838-1843

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/2v23vz33d

Edm rights:

• No Known Copyright

Scopenote:

• Robert Wood Sawyer '1837 journal regarding Liberia

Creator:

• Sawyer, Robert Wood

Range label:

• Logical

View in finding aid:

• https://findingaids.princeton.edu/catalog/AC334_c70

Depositor:

• mmarrero

Date created:

• 1838-1843

Portion note:

• Robert Wood Sawyer '1837 journal regarding Liberia

Container:

• Box 14