Introduction

Biography

Sewall mar­ried twice: to Eve­li­na C. S. Cutt­ing and Eli­za­beth B. Cutt­ing.

He gra­du­at­ed from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Ver­mont in 1835, and was or­dained a Bap­tist min­is­ter at Boyls­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts, in 1836.

He served a pas­tor­ate in South­bridge, Mas­sa­chu­setts, 1837–45.

He ed­it­ed the New York Re­cord­er (1845–50 & 1853–55) and the Chris­tian Re­view (1850–53 & 1855–68).

In 1868, he was ap­point­ed Pro­fess­or of Rhe­tor­ic and His­to­ry at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Ro­ches­ter, New York, and Sec­re­ta­ry of the Am­er­ican Bap­tist Edu­ca­tion­al Com­miss­ion.

Works

• Historical Vin­di­ca­tion of the Bap­tists, 1858