Judson, Sarah Hall Boardman

Item — Box: Multi-collection Box 14

Identifier: RG-1093

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Autograph book, 1835-1836, with messages from other missionaries; limited correspondence 1834-1843, some with Adoniram Judson.

Dates

Creation: 1835-1843

Creator

Judson, Sarah (Sarah Hall Boardman), 1803-1845 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and copyright holder. Staff may refuse copying of fragile or at-risk materials.

Materials may be accessed by request at the American Baptist Historical Society. For more information on accessing collections or obtaining copies, visit http://abhsarchives.org.

Biographical / Historical

Sarah Hall Boardman Judson (1803-1845) Translator, author, hymnist and second missionary wife of Adoniram Judson. After her husband George Dana Boardman died, Sarah married Adoniram in 1834, nearly eight years after the death of Ann Judson. During eleven years of marriage, they had eight(?) children: Abby Ann (born 1835), Adoniram Brown (born 1837), Elnathan (born 1838), Henry (born 1838; died age 1 yr., 7 months), Luther (stillborn, 1841?), Henry Hall (born 1842), Charles (born 1843), Edward (born 1844). Sarah died September 1, 1845, exhausted and ill, on a ship sailing back to the United States. There is no known picture of her.

Extent

1 Files (6 items)

Language of Materials

Multiple languages

Additional Description

Bibliography

Stub entry from A Guide to Manuscript Collections in the American Baptist Historical Society, compiled by William H. Brackney and Susan M. Eltscher (Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, and Rochester, New York, 1986).

File Plan

Correspondence: 17 Feb 1834 Sarah to brother 19 Feb 1839 Sarah to dearly loved Judson, access photocopy, translation 13 Mar 1843 (?) Sarah to dear sister March ?? Sarah to dear brother Sarah to dear sister, undated

Booklet in Burmese: Catachism and View, 1836

Sarah's autograph book, 1835-1836

AB Foreign Mission Society missionary application, no date ca. 1800s