Cyrus Byington Letters
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Scope and Content Note
Letters written by Cyrus Byington to relatives in Massachusetts, while serving as a missionary to the Choctaw tribe near Eagle Town, Ark. 1 volume containing typescript copies of 31 letters.
Dates
- 1819-1861
Creator
- Byington, Cyrus, 1793-1868 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Information
Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.
Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Cyrus Byington was born March 11, 1793 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. He practiced law beginning in 1814, but left the legal field to enroll in seminary. He began preaching in Massachusetts in 1819, then in 1820 led a group of missionaries to the Choctaw Nation; he would serve as missionary and educator among the Choctaw for much of his life, including establishing a school in Eagletown, Arkansas. He wrote a grammar of the Choctaw language, and translated seven books of the Bible into Choctaw. Byington passed away December 31, 1868.
Extent
0.05 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Acquisition Information
The Cyrus Byington Letters were donated to the University of Arkansas Libraries by Edward S. Byington of De Queen, Arkansas, in 1932.
Processing Information
Processed by Special Collections staff circa 1968-1978. Biographical note added during EAD conversion in November 2019.
- Title
- Cyrus Byington Letters
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- circa 1968-1978
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu